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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an Authority figure?
(a) Someone we look up to.
(b) Someone we should look up to.
(c) Someone we always look up to.
(d) Someone who has power over those below them.

2. In what way is pedagogy transmitted to the next generation, according to the author?
(a) Through self-learning.
(b) Through education and the media.
(c) Through television adverts.
(d) Through churches.

3. In what school of thought can the ideas of the book be placed?
(a) Critical theory.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Theology.
(d) Totalitarianism.

4. What occurs when the culture of oppression becomes internalized?
(a) The oppressed think they can do anything.
(b) The oppressed become fatalistic.
(c) The oppressed become violent.
(d) The oppressed become free.

5. What sort of education does Friere suggest would be a viable alternative to Banking Education?
(a) A private education.
(b) A joint problem-solving one.
(c) A religious education.
(d) A military education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the philosopher Plato conceive of education as?

2. What is tyranny?

3. According to Friere, what must the Oppressed first learn to do if they want to be free?

4. Why are power structures necessarily bad, according to Friere?

5. What is propositional thinking?

(see the answer key)

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