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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Friere explain is dehumanized through the Oppression and Oppressed relationship?
(a) The Oppressed.
(b) Both parties.
(c) The Oppressors.
(d) Neither.

2. What is the job of the Preface?
(a) To warn readers.
(b) To act as a government health warning.
(c) To inform the reader of the later ideas of the book.
(d) To tell the readers what they should know.

3. Who are the Oppressors?
(a) A music group.
(b) Those in charge of society.
(c) A type of soldier.
(d) Those at the bottom of society.

4. What is the purpose of critical pedagogy?
(a) To look out for failing students.
(b) To spread a religion.
(c) To oppose oppression.
(d) To inspect schools.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an a-priori truth?

2. What is Marxism?

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

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

5. Who in Friere's argument are necrophilous personalities?

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