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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Friere use the term ‘contradiction’?
(a) As a truth that does not apply in every situation.
(b) As a situation which runs counter to healthy human development.
(c) To refer to the oppressed.
(d) To mean a lie that is presented as a truth.

2. What characterizes an Epochal Unit?
(a) Fossilization.
(b) A lack of themes.
(c) Marxism.
(d) A collection of certain themes.

3. What is an a-priori truth?
(a) A fundamentally correct and undeniable truth.
(b) A fraudulent truth.
(c) A truth that is hidden an very few people know.
(d) A truth that everyone knows.

4. What is Marxism?
(a) A company.
(b) Another word for Russian.
(c) A type of education system.
(d) The idea that the power must be in the hands of an egalitarian society.

5. How are philosophy and critical consciousness linked?
(a) Philosophy helps study principle truths and statements.
(b) Philosophy has a passing relevance to critical consciousness.
(c) It isn't.
(d) Philosophers always encourage critical thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Friere say the Oppressors use cultural classes against the Oppressed?

2. Why does Frier use the example of Mr. Giddy?

3. What branch of philosophy uses Praxis consistently in its approach, marking Friere as a member this school of thought?

4. What is a ‘Limit Situation’?

5. What does the term 'didactic' mean?

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