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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paolo Friere mean by critical thinking?
(a) The ability to be overly critical and negative.
(b) The ability to study philosophy.
(c) The ability to question things.
(d) The ability to discern good from bad.

2. According to Friere, what must the Oppressed first learn to do if they want to be free?
(a) To question for themselves.
(b) To run away.
(c) To overthrow their masters.
(d) To subvert the system.

3. What is a radical in this context?
(a) A type of chemical.
(b) A type of person who agrees with everyone around them.
(c) A person whose views and actions are starkly different to those around them.
(d) A type of politician.

4. When was this book written?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1968.

5. Who was Paulo Friere?
(a) A Russian revolutionary.
(b) An American academic.
(c) A Brazilian teacher, socialist and educator.
(d) A British subvert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Friere explain is dehumanized through the Oppression and Oppressed relationship?

2. What point of view is this book written from?

3. What does Friere state unapologetically that his position is?

4. How are the oppressed classes usually stereotyped by their oppressors?

5. What does critical thinking help to analyzes, according to Friere?

(see the answer key)

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