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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. What, as suggested by Ayers, is a matter of solidarity between subjects and human beings?
(a) Finding allies.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Learning from experience.
(d) Linking consciousness to conduct.

2. Who founded the Hull House?
(a) Douglass.
(b) Addams.
(c) Rilke.
(d) Dewey.

3. Who spent most of the summer designing a "core study" for students?
(a) Joan Cenedella.
(b) Mara Sapon-Shevin.
(c) Alice Jefferson.
(d) John Holt.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayers suggests that _____________ tears down walls?

2. What level of teachers needed to visit and revisit the regular curriculum question regularly?

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

4. What did Ayers say could be life-saving in the teaching experience?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Ayers, what is one argument that supported proponents of phonics?

3. What were Ayers's feelings during the Illinois Teachers Basic Skills Test?

4. What does Ayers say greatness in teaching requires?

5. In Chapter 5, "Liberating the Curriculum," what did Sarah's mother discuss?

6. Describe Ayers's quest in teaching.

7. According to Ayers, what does culture include?

8. What can't standardized tests measure?

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

10. According to Ayers, what are good schools?

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