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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it important in Friere's estimation to break static reality?
(a) Because static reality costs too much money.
(b) Freedom allows us to evolve as a species and to not be manipulated or used.
(c) Because it is fun.
(d) Because static reality is too unhealthy.

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

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

4. What does Friere state unapologetically that his position is?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Republican.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Reactionary.

5. According to Friere, what must the Oppressed first learn to do if they want to be free?
(a) To question for themselves.
(b) To subvert the system.
(c) To overthrow their masters.
(d) To run away.

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

7. Who do the Oppressed blame for their status in life?
(a) Anyone but their oppressors.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Others.
(d) No one.

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

9. 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 challenge one another.
(d) To overthrow the system of oppression.

10. In what way is pedagogy transmitted to the next generation, according to the author?
(a) Through self-learning.
(b) Through television adverts.
(c) Through churches.
(d) Through education and the media.

11. What does Friere propose to do to the education system?
(a) To reinforce it.
(b) Create a new sort of education that is based on partnership.
(c) To enforce it.
(d) To control it.

12. What does the author mean by the fear of freedom?
(a) Fear of authority figures.
(b) Being allowed to say what you like.
(c) The fear of being thrown in jail.
(d) The mistaken idea of what being free looks like.

13. What does critical thinking help to analyzes, according to Friere?
(a) The material reality, living conditions, and 'real' situation around the oppressed' lives.
(b) The Oppressors.
(c) The Oppressed.
(d) Philosophers.

14. Why is dialogue so important to break these oppressive pedagogies?
(a) Because dialogue allows you to shout louder than them.
(b) Because dialogue allows you to plan how to fight back.
(c) Because dialogue encourages critical thinking from one individual to another.
(d) Because dialogue lets them know what you feel about them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a 'culture of oppression' according to Friere?

2. What is tyranny?

3. Who does Friere explain is dehumanized through the Oppression and Oppressed relationship?

4. Why do we need to become humanized, according to Friere?

5. What, in the author’s estimation, is a critical consciousness?

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