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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Beginning Again, The Current Challenge to Teach.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who must be autobiographers and be authentic suggested by Ayers?
(a) Administrators.
(b) Parents.
(c) Actors.
(d) Teachers.

3. What does Ayers say is the fundamental message of the teacher for ethical action?
(a) You can change the world.
(b) You must change your life.
(c) You must go to school.
(d) You must change your job.

4. Who documented her classroom experiences through an impressive series of books?
(a) Maxine Greene.
(b) Kevin Sweeney.
(c) Hannah Arendt.
(d) Vivian Gussin Paley.

5. When To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher was written, what percentage of American children awoke everyday in poverty?
(a) 25% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.
(b) 22% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.
(c) 50% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.
(d) 33% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayers, what is built when there is an engaged and active citizenry?

2. When someone chooses to teach, what kind of life has one chosen according to Ayers?

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

4. What does Ayers suggest is a highly personal and an intensely intimate encounter?

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

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