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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is propaganda?
(a) The spread of state-sponsored lies, views or opinions.
(b) A type of school.
(c) A type of philosophy.
(d) A type of society.

2. Who was Karl Marx?
(a) A historical industrialist.
(b) A political theorist, one of the fathers of Communism.
(c) A leader of armies.
(d) A Russian Premier.

3. What point of view is this book written from?
(a) First person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person.

4. What is the goal of critical consciousness?
(a) To become the best in society.
(b) To become fully humanized.
(c) To be the perfect worker at your job.
(d) To lead a revolution.

5. How important is critical thinking to Friere?
(a) Not at all.
(b) To some degree.
(c) Not very.
(d) It is the most natural human imperative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a revolutionary?

2. What does Friere maintain in the Preface that his readers must be ready for?

3. Why is it important in Friere's estimation to break static reality?

4. What is the job of the Preface?

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

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