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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Beginning, The Challenge of Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Ayers, what is built when there is an engaged and active citizenry?
(a) A strong democracy.
(b) Better legislation.
(c) A republic.
(d) Parental support.

3. What was the average annual cost to house an inmate in 1999?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $10,000.

4. What exists less than a half-mile from the University of Illinois-Chicago?
(a) A habitat house.
(b) A shanty town.
(c) An old church.
(d) Cabrini Green.

5. What object did Ayers compare teaching to in Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching"?
(a) A car.
(b) A house.
(c) A can.
(d) A quilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which publication did Martha Gellhorn write a piece about loving our children?

2. What does Ayers say "allowed us to glimpse into something of the depth of this enterprise and to unearth the intellectual and ethical implications"?

3. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?

4. According to Ayers, it is important for all teachers to be what?

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

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