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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was Mr. Giddy?
(a) An actor.
(b) A Brazilian Premier.
(c) A president of the Royal Society.
(d) A Marxist Revolutionary.
2. Does one have to live in a tyrannical state to be oppressed?
(a) Most of the time.
(b) Yes.
(c) No, one can be oppressed by peer pressure, economics, fashion and trends.
(d) No.
3. Who was Eric Fromm?
(a) A social philosopher and social critic.
(b) An artist.
(c) An actor.
(d) A sculptor.
4. What, in the author’s estimation, is a critical consciousness?
(a) A form of mental illness.
(b) A mind that never questions anything.
(c) The ability to question everything rationally.
(d) A very important individual.
5. What is Friere's conception of the static reality?
(a) A reality that changes constantly.
(b) A type of society that predominately uses electricity.
(c) The type of society created by the ruling Oppressors.
(d) A reality created by the truly free.
6. How are philosophy and critical consciousness linked?
(a) Philosophy has a passing relevance to critical consciousness.
(b) Philosophers always encourage critical thinking.
(c) Philosophy helps study principle truths and statements.
(d) It isn't.
7. Why is it important in Friere's estimation to break static reality?
(a) Because it is fun.
(b) Because static reality costs too much money.
(c) Freedom allows us to evolve as a species and to not be manipulated or used.
(d) Because static reality is too unhealthy.
8. What is pedagogy?
(a) A system of religious thought.
(b) A system of educating or training.
(c) A system for oppression.
(d) A philosophy.
9. Who is the author of this book?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Erich Fromm.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Paulo Friere.
10. What is propaganda?
(a) A type of philosophy.
(b) A type of school.
(c) The spread of state-sponsored lies, views or opinions.
(d) A type of society.
11. Why do we need to become humanized, according to Friere?
(a) Because humanization will make us richer.
(b) Because humanization will make us fitter.
(c) Because humanization is a symptom of healthy psychological development.
(d) Because humanization will make us more friends.
12. What is tyranny?
(a) A type of education system.
(b) A system where everyone shares the wealth.
(c) A type of lizard.
(d) A power-hungry ruler.
13. Why does Frier use the example of Mr. Giddy?
(a) As examples of Oppressive thinking.
(b) As an example of critical thinking.
(c) As an example of fully humanized thinking.
(d) As an example of one of the Oppressed.
14. Who was Karl Marx?
(a) A historical industrialist.
(b) A political theorist, one of the fathers of Communism.
(c) A Russian Premier.
(d) A leader of armies.
15. Who do the Oppressed blame for their status in life?
(a) Anyone but their oppressors.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Others.
(d) No one.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the job of the Preface?
2. Who will become freed when the Oppressed rise up?
3. What is a radical in this context?
4. What does critical thinking help to analyzes, according to Friere?
5. How important is critical thinking to Friere?
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