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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form does his education then take?
(a) Tailored to each class and individual.
(b) Given to the whole class.
(c) Must be privately funded.
(d) Tailored to each school.

2. How are students treated in Banking Education?
(a) As partners.
(b) As opponents.
(c) As empty vessels fit only to hold the teacher’s wisdom.
(d) As already intelligent subjects.

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

4. What does Friere write is the role of the teacher in traditional education?
(a) To be an authoritarian figure.
(b) To give the students better job chances.
(c) To ignore the students.
(d) To help students.

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

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

7. Why, according to Friere, does an Untested Feasibility lead to Fear of Freedom?
(a) Because they are always dangerous.
(b) Because there is always something at risk.
(c) Because you have no control.
(d) Because it is also an unknown.

8. What future negative aspects does the Banking Education promote, according to Friere?
(a) That a student, worker or citizen only has worth because of their training or job etc.
(b) Banking education teaches prejudice.
(c) Banking education teaches students to be cruel and tough.
(d) Banking education teaches violence.

9. What is an ‘Untested Feasibility’?
(a) A situation that denies the laws of gravity.
(b) A situation outside of your Limit Situation.
(c) A situation outside of your theme.
(d) An impossible situation.

10. What is the duality of the thematic universe?
(a) Left or right.
(b) Every theme has its opposite acting in conflict at the same time.
(c) Good or evil.
(d) Right or wrong.

11. What is a ‘Thematic Universe’?
(a) A type of book.
(b) Issues that most people overlook.
(c) Issues or problems that are important to a Subject.
(d) Issues important to the whole world.

12. What issues does Friere believe the educator should be looking at?
(a) Ones on his syllabus.
(b) Ones that face the local people.
(c) Ones that interest his society.
(d) Ones that interest him.

13. Does the Subject in Frier's perspective have freewill?
(a) No.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Only to the extent that they can become aware of their situation.
(d) Yes.

14. What does Friere mean by ‘Conscientization’?
(a) A conscious awareness of one's own situation.
(b) An awareness of someone else's situation.
(c) Not reacting violently.
(d) Spreading the good news about liberty.

15. Which social institution supports and continues oppression?
(a) County Hall.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Schools.
(d) Gymnasium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the philosopher Plato conceive of education as?

2. Why does Friere believe it is important for an educator to partner with local people?

3. What characterizes an Epochal Unit?

4. In what sort of society do we find a Limit Situation?

5. How does a dialogue help the students, according to Friere?

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