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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who noted that experience and education were not the same thing?
(a) Addams.
(b) Stanislavsky.
(c) Dewey.
(d) Rilke.

2. According to Ayers in Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what was the "work of life"?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Choosing.
(d) Learning.

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

4. Ayers said that someone is required to lay the first plank for what?
(a) Learning.
(b) Bridge-building.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Communication.

5. In Alex Haley's writing, whose coming of age ceremony did he record?
(a) Malik.
(b) Jose.
(c) Crazy Horse.
(d) Kunta Kinte.

6. What do educators become when "talk turned to skills" according to Ayers?
(a) Supportive.
(b) Close-minded.
(c) Open-minded.
(d) Simple-minded.

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

8. How does Ayers feel about standardized tests?
(a) Ayers has been a life-long critic of standardized testing.
(b) Ayers believes standardized tests measure students accurately.
(c) Ayers supports the use of standardized tests.
(d) Ayers enjoys taking standardized tests.

9. What city is La Escuela Fratney located?
(a) Flint, Michigan.
(b) Greenbay, Wisconsin.
(c) Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(d) Detroit, Michigan.

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

11. What did Ayers state is required for "greatness in teaching"?
(a) An encounter with autobiography.
(b) Learning.
(c) A great teacher trainer.
(d) A developed curriculum.

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

13. Ayers believes that what is more than pieces of information, more than subject matter, more even than the disciplines?
(a) School.
(b) Curriculum.
(c) Course work.
(d) Life.

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

15. Who argued that good teachers incorporated all kinds of instructional strategies and are vigilant for "what works"?
(a) Gilbert Ryle.
(b) June Jordan.
(c) John Holt.
(d) Lisa Delpit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was a beekeeper that often learned from the bees?

3. How many intercom interruptions occurred in the first four hours at P.S. 269?

4. Who assigns numbers to textbooks linking books to "grade-level"?

5. What allows teachers to see what students are up to while asking them to do the work themselves?

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