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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Friere's conception of the static reality?
(a) A type of society that predominately uses electricity.
(b) A reality that changes constantly.
(c) The type of society created by the ruling Oppressors.
(d) A reality created by the truly free.

4. Who is the author of this book?
(a) Paulo Friere.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Erich Fromm.
(d) Karl Marx.

5. How are philosophy and critical consciousness linked?
(a) Philosophy helps study principle truths and statements.
(b) It isn't.
(c) Philosophy has a passing relevance to critical consciousness.
(d) Philosophers always encourage critical thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Friere, must the Oppressed have the courage to do?

2. Why are power structures necessarily bad, according to Friere?

3. Does one have to live in a tyrannical state to be oppressed?

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

5. What does it mean to be one of the oppressed?

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