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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a 'culture of oppression' according to Friere?
(a) When entire societal views, media and beliefs that are based around maintaining class structure.
(b) European government.
(c) Televisual society.
(d) American Senate system.

2. What is a poverty of the mind in this context?
(a) A lack of education.
(b) The lack of ways to imagine ones situation.
(c) A lack of guidance.
(d) A lack of intelligence.

3. Who are the Oppressors?
(a) Those in charge of society.
(b) A music group.
(c) A type of soldier.
(d) Those at the bottom of society.

4. Who does Friere explain is dehumanized through the Oppression and Oppressed relationship?
(a) The Oppressors.
(b) The Oppressed.
(c) Both parties.
(d) Neither.

5. Why does Frier use the example of Mr. Giddy?
(a) As examples of Oppressive thinking.
(b) As an example of one of the Oppressed.
(c) As an example of critical thinking.
(d) As an example of fully humanized thinking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Friere maintain in the Preface that his readers must be ready for?

3. Why do we need to become humanized, according to Friere?

4. Who is the author of this book?

5. According to Friere, what must the Oppressed first learn to do if they want to be free?

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