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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what school of thought can the ideas of the book be placed?
(a) Totalitarianism.
(b) Critical theory.
(c) Theology.
(d) Fascism.

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

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

4. What is Friere's conception of the static reality?
(a) The type of society created by the ruling Oppressors.
(b) A type of society that predominately uses electricity.
(c) A reality created by the truly free.
(d) A reality that changes constantly.

5. What does Friere maintain in the Preface that his readers must be ready for?
(a) Anything.
(b) The time of their lives.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Change.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are philosophy and critical consciousness linked?

2. How are the oppressed classes usually stereotyped by their oppressors?

3. What does Friere think the true goal of education is?

4. What does it mean to be one of the oppressed?

5. Who was Mr. Giddy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does it mean to be humanized?

2. Why does Paulo Friere think that critical thinking is so important?

3. What is the purpose of critical pedagogy?

4. What is the Culture of Oppression?

5. How do the Oppressors characterize the Oppressed?

6. Who was Paulo Friere?

7. What is a pedagogy?

8. What is the Fear of Freedom?

9. What does critical thinking lead to, according to Friere?

10. What does Paulo Friere want to change about the education system?

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