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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Liberating the Curriculum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ayers, what is the goal when kids become the "crowd or herd"?
(a) Teach students one on one.
(b) Create the "factory" student.
(c) Teach great lessons.
(d) To manage the mob.

2. Who believed that "human beings spent their lives weaving webs of significance"?
(a) June Jordan.
(b) Gilbert Ryle.
(c) Lisa Delpit.
(d) Gomer Pyle.

3. How many inhabitants spoke English as the native tongue in 1988, according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?
(a) 333,746,000
(b) 33,746,000
(c) 3,746,000
(d) 333,000,000

4. Who described an astonishing process while teaching a course "The Art of Black English"?
(a) John Holt.
(b) June Jordan.
(c) Lisa Delpit.
(d) Gilbert Ryle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayers, what should the larger goal of education be?

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

3. What does Ayers state is part of the intellectual challenge of teaching, in addition to knowing students?

4. How many computers did Ayers have in the corner next to the working loom for weaving?

5. What year did Ayers begin teaching?

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