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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Mystery of Teaching.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a set of techniques and directions to be mastered discussed in Chapter 7, "The Mystery of Teaching"?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Learning.
(c) Singing.
(d) Acting.
2. Ayers stated that ________________________ is more dogmatic and insistent than any religion or political ideology.
(a) Choosing.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Learning.
(d) Common sense.
3. Who argued that "the teacher who wishes to be more functionary cannot escape the value problem or the difficult matter of moral choice"?
(a) Nel Noddings.
(b) William Ayers.
(c) Maxine Greene.
(d) Hannah Arendt.
4. Whose house does Ayers say "invited one to pray"?
(a) Malcolm and Sue's house.
(b) Harriet and Efrem's house.
(c) Coretta's house.
(d) BJ's house.
5. How many inhabitants spoke English as the native tongue in 1988, according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?
(a) 3,746,000
(b) 33,746,000
(c) 333,746,000
(d) 333,000,000
Short Answer Questions
1. Ayers points out that __________________________________ is the most powerful predictor of how a child will do on a test.
2. What does Ayers cite is the main reason students drop out?
3. How many computers did Ayers have in the corner next to the working loom for weaving?
4. According to Ayers, how many Americans were incarcerated in the year 2000?
5. What was the center of the approach used at Prospect School?
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