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

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

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

4. What is a necrophilous person, according to Fromm?
(a) Someone who studies the past.
(b) Someone who studies beetles.
(c) Someone who wants life controlled, mechanized and ordered.
(d) Someone who studies the dead.

5. What is pedagogy?
(a) A system of educating or training.
(b) A system for oppression.
(c) A system of religious thought.
(d) A philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is pedagogy transmitted to the next generation, according to the author?

2. What does Friere propose to do to the education system?

3. What does the author mean by the fear of freedom?

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

5. Who are the Oppressors?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between a revolutionary, a reactionary and a rebel?

2. Which thinker came up with the term necrophilous?

3. Who was Paulo Friere?

4. Who was Mr. Giddy?

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

6. What is Phenomenology?

7. What is the Culture of Oppression?

8. Who was Erich Fromm?

9. What must first happen before there is a revolution?

10. How do the Oppressors characterize the Oppressed?

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