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

2. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," how did one learn how to work well with youngsters?
(a) Practice.
(b) Reading books about youngsters.
(c) Watching others interact with children.
(d) Watching videos of children interacting.

3. What high school did Ayers's brother teach English?
(a) Berkeley High School.
(b) Bismarck High School.
(c) North Campton High School.
(d) Los Angeles High School.

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

5. What was the name of the group of housing activists who constructed simple and livable structures for the homeless?
(a) Mad Housers of Chicago.
(b) Habitat for Humanity.
(c) Housing Agency of Chicago.
(d) Helping Hands of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object did Ayers compare teaching to in Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching"?

2. What does Ayers say lesson plans typically begin with?

3. What Shakespeare play was Ayers's brother required to teach?

4. Ayers believes that what sets up schools as institutional forms for re-creation of specific values and norms, dispositions, and assumptions?

5. Which Greek God did Ayers compare outstanding teachers to?

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