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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who founded the Workshop Center at City College in New York?
(a) Joan Cenedella.
(b) Lillian Weber.
(c) John Holt.
(d) Alice Jefferson.

2. As suggested in Chapter 6, "Keeping Track," who requires standardized tests to comply with state law?
(a) Principals.
(b) Parents.
(c) School district leaders.
(d) Teachers.

3. What is a sophisticated and complex cognitive process as suggested in Chapter 5, "Liberating the Curriculum"?
(a) Learning.
(b) Writing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Teaching.

4. What type of questions make up the majority of the standardized test?
(a) Matching.
(b) Essay questions.
(c) Multiple choice questions.
(d) Short answer questions.

5. According to Ayers, what does good teaching demand?
(a) Love.
(b) Compromise.
(c) Perseverance.
(d) Humility.

6. Who was critically injured in a mountain climbing accident and struggled to walk?
(a) David.
(b) Malik.
(c) Andrew.
(d) John.

7. Who was one of William Ayers mentors?
(a) Denise Price.
(b) Gilbert Ryle.
(c) June Jordan.
(d) John Holt.

8. What does Ayers suggest is a highly personal and an intensely intimate encounter?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Acting.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Learning.

9. Who brought the culture of the Sioux people to life for Zayd?
(a) Mara Sapon-Sevin.
(b) Mari Sandoz.
(c) Jose Vega.
(d) Bernardina.

10. Who was a beekeeper that often learned from the bees?
(a) John Holt.
(b) Lillian Weber.
(c) Sue Hubbell.
(d) Alice Jefferson.

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

12. What level of teachers needed to visit and revisit the regular curriculum question regularly?
(a) College teachers.
(b) Elementary school teachers.
(c) Middle school teachers.
(d) High school teachers.

13. What is the root word for evaluation discussed in Chapter 6, "Keeping Track"?
(a) Eval.
(b) Value.
(c) Test.
(d) Assessment.

14. What did Ayers consider people were when people, no matter how professional, were given the power to set a standard?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Totalitarian.

15. What did Ayers say could be life-saving in the teaching experience?
(a) Linking consciousness to conduct.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Finding allies.
(d) Learn from experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do educators become when "talk turned to skills" according to Ayers?

2. In what publication did Bernardina and Zayd read coverage of the Central Park rape?

3. What did Ayers build that contained literature of diversity and inclusion?

4. Ayers stated that ________________________ is more dogmatic and insistent than any religion or political ideology.

5. Which group of people are naturally curious about their world they inhabit?

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