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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do traditional modes of teaching interfere with the development of a Subject, according to Friere?
(a) Because the Subject gets taught lessons they are not interested in.
(b) Because a person has to either be in the right or wrong and, therefore, is not their own Subject.
(c) Because the subject has to spend money to go to school.
(d) Because the subject has to spend their time going to school.

2. Which class did Marx ultimately think would power the revolution?
(a) The lower classes.
(b) The ruling classes.
(c) The working classes.
(d) Paradoxically, the Middle Classes.

3. What does it mean to be an actualized or fully humanized human being, according to Friere?
(a) To be of democratic voting age.
(b) To follow a particular system of thought.
(c) To possess true freedom of thought.
(d) To be enlightened.

4. When was this book written?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1978.

5. What is a critical consciousness?
(a) An overly suspicious mind.
(b) A high achiever.
(c) A view that questions everything around itself.
(d) An overly argumentative person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Friere use the term ‘Subject’ in his book?

2. In his teaching of opposed dualisms, what philosopher is Frier referencing?

3. What is an a-priori truth?

4. What does Friere say characterizes the techniques used by the Oppressed to fight their Oppressors?

5. What does Friere's problem-solving system promote?

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