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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Friere, must the Oppressed have the courage to do?

2. Who was Mr. Giddy?

3. What is a poverty of the mind in this context?

4. What is meant by the term ‘poverty of opportunity’?

5. What is the job of the Preface?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Erich Fromm?

2. How do the Oppressors characterize the Oppressed?

3. Who was Mr. Giddy?

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

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

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

7. What is a pedagogy?

8. Which thinker came up with the term necrophilous?

9. What is a necrophilous personality?

10. What is the humanizing process?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was it important to Friere that the revolutionary leader come from the margins or even outside of the system that they are trying to overthrow?

Essay Topic 2

What is a pedagogy? Discuss the different types of pedagogy talked about by Friere in this book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of the figure of Che Guevara to Friere's argument, and how he exemplifies (or doesn't) Friere's ideas.

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