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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seeing the Student.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ayers believes that what sets up schools as institutional forms for re-creation of specific values and norms, dispositions, and assumptions?
(a) Towns.
(b) Societies.
(c) Cities.
(d) Villages.

2. Who described a student as "ordinarily expressive and lively when talking about ideas and information"?
(a) Pat Carini.
(b) David Carroll.
(c) Jessica Howard.
(d) Maxine Greene.

3. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?
(a) Big schools.
(b) Ideal schools.
(c) Teacher-centered schools.
(d) Small schools.

4. In which publication did Martha Gellhorn write a piece about loving our children?
(a) Time.
(b) Life.
(c) Redbook.
(d) Ladies Home Journal.

5. Compared to 0 dollars spent on school construction, how much did Illinois spend on prison construction in 1999?
(a) $200 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 4 million.
(d) $400 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created an impressive archive and research center where they have collected the work of hundreds of children over many years?

2. What does Ayers identify as a time of invention, discovery, and surprise?

3. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," how did a staff review session end?

4. What did Ayers say "cramped choices and strangled life chances for the children of the poor"?

5. Who underlined the importance of identity and broadening group affiliation with adolescents?

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