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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ayers stated that ________________________ is more dogmatic and insistent than any religion or political ideology.
(a) Learning.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Choosing.

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

3. Which culture required that each boy kill a lion and be circumcised in order to become a man?
(a) Zulu.
(b) African.
(c) Aborigini.
(d) Sioux.

4. What is a great motivator for student ceremonies according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?
(a) The teacher.
(b) The parents.
(c) The other students.
(d) The audience.

5. Who argued that as soon as an actor believed she or he was "master of the part, rigor mortis is already set in"?
(a) Jane Addams.
(b) Stanislavsky.
(c) Rilke.
(d) Dewey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayers said that someone is required to lay the first plank for what?

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

3. Ayers suggests that what is built on a base of knowledge about students?

4. Who was critically injured in a mountain climbing accident and struggled to walk?

5. How many inhabitants spoke English as the native tongue in 1988, according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what did the second grade newsletter contain?

2. What can't standardized tests measure?

3. Describe the corner Ayers's classroom where students would have had access to materials regarding "coming of age."

4. Describe Ayers's quest in teaching.

5. What does Ayers believe the fundamental curriculum question is?

6. What are Ayers's feelings on standardized tests?

7. According to Ayers, how do teachers become students to their students?

8. What are the alternatives to standardized tests discussed by Ayers?

9. According to Ayers, where do standardized tests push well-intentioned teachers and school leaders?

10. In Chapter 7, "The Mystery of Teaching," describe the students at Imani School.

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