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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Friere think the true goal of education is?

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

3. What is Mr Giddy's view on education?

4. In what school of thought can the ideas of the book be placed?

5. What is a critical consciousness?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can we oppose oppressive pedagogies?

2. What is the humanizing process?

3. Who was Mr. Giddy?

4. Is Friere's revolution a violent one?

5. What does critical thinking lead to, according to Friere?

6. Which thinker came up with the term necrophilous?

7. What is the Fear of Freedom?

8. What happens when the Culture of Oppression becomes internalized?

9. What is Phenomenology?

10. Why does Paulo Friere think that critical thinking is so important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freire describes oppression as "violence." Is societal oppression based on historical and economic factors violence? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Friere's idea of the Generative and the Thematic Universe. How does it work, according to Friere, and what would be good examples of this in today’s society?

Essay Topic 3

Freire argues that to help oppressed people, one must enter into solidarity with them, and in effect, join the Oppressed; otherwise, any help is false generosity and counterproductive charity. Do you agree? Why or why not?

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