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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one goal of the Problem-Posing Education?
(a) To get good grades.
(b) To get a good school reputation.
(c) It teaches Subjects the real cause of their oppression.
(d) To get a good job.

2. Who was Gabriel Bode?
(a) A Chilean dictator.
(b) A Chilean educator.
(c) A Russian Marxist.
(d) A Brazilian teacher.

3. How should didactic material be used, according to Friere?
(a) To make sure the student doesn't get it wrong.
(b) To assess whether the student is right or wrong.
(c) To entertain the students.
(d) To encourage the student to ask questions about their own situation.

4. How did Bode use images to teach students?
(a) He asked students to name the images they saw.
(b) He never used images in the classroom.
(c) He never used words in the classroom.
(d) By relating one image to another, he encouraged students to link ideas.

5. What is an ‘Epochal Unit’?
(a) A phase in prehistory.
(b) A discussion of the future.
(c) A phase in history.
(d) A type of rock.

6. How does this institution 'teach' oppression?
(a) It creates an internal 'culture of oppression' in the minds of the student.
(b) It enforces uniforms.
(c) There are political posters on the walls.
(d) It uses tools of oppression such as caning.

7. What is a ‘Limit Situation’?
(a) A situation that holds back the Subject.
(b) A situation with no themes involved.
(c) A situation that frees the Subject.
(d) A Situation where the Subject has to confront their emotions.

8. What does Friere think is the difference between humans and other animals?
(a) How we grow up.
(b) How we treat each other.
(c) How we get our food.
(d) Humans can see outside of their situation.

9. Why does Friere use the term 'banking education'?
(a) Because schools need money.
(b) Because the education system is similar to the banking system.
(c) Because schools have too much money.
(d) Because schools in oppressive countries are run by banks.

10. In what ways, according to Friere, does the educator have power over the students’ knowledge?
(a) The educator gives out gold stars to good students.
(b) The educator knows which answer is right and wrong.
(c) Only the educator can write on the blackboard.
(d) The educator knows where the textbooks are kept.

11. How does Friere use the term ‘contradiction’?
(a) To mean a lie that is presented as a truth.
(b) As a situation which runs counter to healthy human development.
(c) To refer to the oppressed.
(d) As a truth that does not apply in every situation.

12. How does Friere's problem-solving education promote equality?
(a) It gives students rights.
(b) It treats the students with respect.
(c) Students are allowed to speak when spoken to.
(d) Students are paid for their time at school.

13. Why, according to Friere, do oppressive regimes maintain untested feasibilities?
(a) To make freedom appear dangerous.
(b) To make freedom desirable.
(c) To make freedom a reality.
(d) To make freedom sensible.

14. In his teaching of opposed dualisms, what philosopher is Frier referencing?
(a) Kant.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Nietzsche.

15. What does Friere's problem-solving system promote?
(a) Knowledge of right from wrong.
(b) Correct thinking.
(c) Free thought.
(d) Discorded thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Friere disagree with Banking Education?

2. What does the term 'didactic' mean?

3. What is an ‘Untested Feasibility’?

4. What does Friere mean by 'codifications'?

5. Which of the following is a form of Limit Act?

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