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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. Who founded the Hull House?
(a) Douglass.
(b) Rilke.
(c) Addams.
(d) Dewey.

2. What did Ayers state is required for "greatness in teaching"?
(a) A great teacher trainer.
(b) Learning.
(c) An encounter with autobiography.
(d) A developed curriculum.

3. Whose house does Ayers say "invited one to pray"?
(a) Harriet and Efrem's house.
(b) Malcolm and Sue's house.
(c) BJ's house.
(d) Coretta's house.

4. What animal did the children observe outside a Chicago steel plant?
(a) Bald eagle.
(b) Deer.
(c) Fox.
(d) Snowy Owl.

5. According to Ayers, what were many of Ayers's students when he began teaching?
(a) At Risk.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) Savages.
(d) Culturally deprived.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayers stated that ________________________ is more dogmatic and insistent than any religion or political ideology.

2. Who was Chesa's teacher that admired Chesa's strengths instead of focusing on his weaknesses?

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

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

5. Whose house does Ayers describe as "dominated by the kitchen"?

(see the answer key)

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