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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who will become freed when the Oppressed rise up?
(a) The Oppressors.
(b) The Oppressed.
(c) Both Oppressed and the Oppressors.
(d) Only the very poorest.

2. When was this book written?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1958.

3. Who was Eric Fromm?
(a) An artist.
(b) An actor.
(c) A social philosopher and social critic.
(d) A sculptor.

4. What does the author mean by the fear of freedom?
(a) Being allowed to say what you like.
(b) The fear of being thrown in jail.
(c) Fear of authority figures.
(d) The mistaken idea of what being free looks like.

5. Why, does Friere say, oppression is dehumanizing?
(a) Because oppression cannot manage many people at one time.
(b) Because the oppressed are not treated as individuals any more.
(c) Because it has to be.
(d) It doesn't mean to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Friere's conception of the static reality?

2. What, according to Friere, must the Oppressed have the courage to do?

3. Who is the author of this book?

4. Who was Karl Marx?

5. Who do the Oppressed blame for their status in life?

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