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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Philosophy?
(a) The study of art.
(b) The study of music.
(c) The study of history.
(d) The study of knowledge.

2. What, according to Friere, must the Oppressed have the courage to do?
(a) To attack the ruling class.
(b) To go to school.
(c) To overthrow the system of oppression.
(d) To challenge one another.

3. Who was Eric Fromm?
(a) A sculptor.
(b) A social philosopher and social critic.
(c) An artist.
(d) An actor.

4. What does Friere think the true goal of education is?
(a) To give the school a good name.
(b) To enhance one's career choices.
(c) To make good grade statistics.
(d) To empower students.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How important is critical thinking to Friere?

2. Who are the Oppressors?

3. What is a radical in this context?

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

5. In what way is pedagogy transmitted to the next generation, according to the author?

(see the answer key)

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