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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. According to Ayers, what is the educational system?
(a) A failure.
(b) A success.
(c) An equal system.
(d) An adequate system.

2. Who argued that standardized achievement tests are problematic due to their "exaggerated importance"?
(a) John Holt.
(b) Lillian Weber.
(c) William Ayers.
(d) Herb Zimiles.

3. How did deficiencies make Ayers feel?
(a) Ready for the challenge of learning.
(b) Inadequate.
(c) Happy.
(d) Fine.

4. What does Ayers say lesson plans typically begin with?
(a) With an anticipatory set.
(b) With lesson objectives.
(c) With state and national standards.
(d) With behavioral objectives.

5. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?
(a) Nel Noddings.
(b) Hannah Arendt.
(c) Maxine Greene.
(d) William Ayers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayers say that people must have to promote change in the educational system?

2. Compared to 0 dollars spent on school construction, how much did Illinois spend on prison construction in 1999?

3. Which country's children did Gellhorn write about?

4. Ayers suggests that what happens when teacher's begin to value a child's opinions and experiences?

5. According to Ayers, what are standardized tests?

(see the answer key)

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