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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. How did Ayers stay alive as a teacher?
(a) Ayers did not let things bother him.
(b) Ayers knew it all.
(c) Ayers closed his mind to others.
(d) Ayers stayed open to mystery.

2. Who was Chesa's teacher that admired Chesa's strengths instead of focusing on his weaknesses?
(a) Hannah Arendt.
(b) Maxine Greene.
(c) Kevin Sweeney.
(d) Nel Noddings.

3. According to Ayers, it is important for all teachers to be what?
(a) Teacher-centered.
(b) Student-centered.
(c) School Centered.
(d) Fair.

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

5. Ayers suggests that who "resisted the idea that there is some ideal child with whom they would be brilliant; they must reject the idea of social circumstance"?
(a) Principals.
(b) Parents.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Administrators.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who argued that good teachers incorporated all kinds of instructional strategies and are vigilant for "what works"?

3. What grade levels were standardized testing banned around the nation?

4. Ayers believes that what is more than pieces of information, more than subject matter, more even than the disciplines?

5. Which culture required that each boy kill a lion and be circumcised in order to become a man?

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