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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 form of education does Friere determine is a contradiction?
(a) The Religious Education.
(b) The Private Education.
(c) The banking-education system.
(d) The Scientific Education.

2. Why does Friere think that a specific form of education is a contradiction?
(a) It doesn't teach, it only punishes.
(b) It supports the economy.
(c) It doesn't teach, it just imparts.
(d) It supports the military.

3. In his teaching of opposed dualisms, what philosopher is Frier referencing?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Kant.

4. What is the traditional power structure between teacher and students?
(a) The teacher has no power and the student has it all.
(b) The teacher has power while the student has none.
(c) Both teacher and student have power.
(d) Neither teacher or student have power.

5. What does Friere mean by 'codifications'?
(a) Materials to be decoded.
(b) Teaching aids.
(c) Titles and honors.
(d) Secret messages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Friere write is the role of the teacher in traditional education?

2. Why is solidarity with the oppressed important, according to Friere?

3. How must the problem in Friere's system be presented to the student?

4. What is a ‘Limit Act’?

5. In Friere's system, what is the educator's relationship to the oppressed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Friere's system challenge oppression?

2. How is objective truth treated in Friere's system of education?

3. Why does Friere see traditional education similar to an economic system?

4. What does Friere call traditional education?

5. What is a Limit Situation?

6. What is a Generative Theme?

7. What is an Untested Feasibility?

8. Who was Gabriel Bode?

9. What role does the educator have in Friere's system of education?

10. How can we describe Friere's thought as a continuation of Hegel's system of philosophy?

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