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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are power structures necessarily bad, according to Friere?
(a) Because those at the top always turn into dictators.
(b) Because they cost a lot to maintain.
(c) Because those at the bottom express unthinking loyalty.
(d) Because they always have the weak at the bottom and the strong at the top.

2. What, in the author’s estimation, is a critical consciousness?
(a) A very important individual.
(b) A form of mental illness.
(c) The ability to question everything rationally.
(d) A mind that never questions anything.

3. Who was Mr. Giddy?
(a) A Brazilian Premier.
(b) A president of the Royal Society.
(c) An actor.
(d) A Marxist Revolutionary.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Eric Fromm?

2. What is propaganda?

3. What does the author mean by the fear of freedom?

4. What does Friere state unapologetically that his position is?

5. Why is dialogue so important to break these oppressive pedagogies?

(see the answer key)

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