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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does it mean to be one of the oppressed?
(a) Oppression means you are incarcerated.
(b) Oppression means you live with the threat of death.
(c) Oppression means your freedoms, wants and desires are curtailed by others who hold power over your actions.
(d) Oppression means you live under occupation.

4. Why is dialogue so important to break these oppressive pedagogies?
(a) Because dialogue encourages critical thinking from one individual to another.
(b) Because dialogue lets them know what you feel about them.
(c) Because dialogue allows you to shout louder than them.
(d) Because dialogue allows you to plan how to fight back.

5. Who or what is the 'ruling elite'?
(a) The masses.
(b) A type of fascist government.
(c) A way of governing schools.
(d) The governors of society who also enjoy luxury and freedoms not permitted to the oppressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Paulo Friere?

2. What is pedagogy?

3. Who was Karl Marx?

4. What does it mean to be an actualized or fully humanized human being, according to Friere?

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

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