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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. What is the purpose of critical pedagogy?
(a) To look out for failing students.
(b) To inspect schools.
(c) To spread a religion.
(d) To oppose oppression.

2. Who are the Oppressors?
(a) A music group.
(b) A type of soldier.
(c) Those in charge of society.
(d) Those at the bottom of society.

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

4. 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 Oppressed.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) The Oppressors.

5. Who in Friere's argument are necrophilous personalities?
(a) The Students.
(b) The Educators.
(c) The Oppressors.
(d) The Oppressed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who will become freed when the Oppressed rise up?

3. What does it mean to be an actualized or fully humanized human being, according to Friere?

4. What occurs when the culture of oppression becomes internalized?

5. Why, does Friere say, oppression is dehumanizing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of critical thought to the author?

2. What is the Culture of Oppression?

3. What is a pedagogy?

4. What is the Fear of Freedom?

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

6. What is Phenomenology?

7. What is a necrophilous personality?

8. What is the purpose of critical pedagogy?

9. How can we oppose oppressive pedagogies?

10. Who was Erich Fromm?

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