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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Mystery of Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Ayers preschool classroom, which area felt "cozy and home-like"?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The store.
(c) The dress-up area.
(d) The loft where the blocks were stored.

2. Who argued that "the teacher who wishes to be more functionary cannot escape the value problem or the difficult matter of moral choice"?
(a) William Ayers.
(b) Hannah Arendt.
(c) Maxine Greene.
(d) Nel Noddings.

3. According to Ayers, what are schools?
(a) Porous places.
(b) Small places.
(c) Learning factories.
(d) Large places.

4. Ayers suggests that _____________ tears down walls?
(a) Good speaking.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Learning.
(d) Education.

5. According to Ayers, what does good teaching demand?
(a) Humility.
(b) Love.
(c) Perseverance.
(d) Compromise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of African American boys does Ayers say will spend some time in prison?

2. Who must be autobiographers and be authentic suggested by Ayers?

3. Who described a student as "ordinarily expressive and lively when talking about ideas and information"?

4. In Chapter 5, "Liberating the Curriculum," which college was referenced in a conversation Zelma participated in?

5. According to Ayers, what is the mentality of schools?

(see the answer key)

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