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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part Two : Chapter 1, Exploration, Development &.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Montessori call the 1900s?
(a) The Century of the Child.
(b) The Time for Change.
(c) The Century for the Teacher.
(d) The Educational Revolution.

2. Where did Montessori and her parents move so she could go to a better school?
(a) Brussels.
(b) Rome.
(c) New York.
(d) France.

3. How did Montessori begin trying to help those less fortunate?
(a) Giving them better medication.
(b) Teaching them how to read.
(c) Observing.
(d) Smuggling them out of the hospital.

4. Standing suggests that individuals set out to create two worlds, one within and one without, when does he state this begins?
(a) As a toddler.
(b) An an adult.
(c) As an adolescent.
(d) At Birth.

5. What does Standing state about the existence of the body as a baby experiences it?
(a) They do not realize it until much later.
(b) They are intriuged.
(c) They are uninterested.
(d) They can not make the connection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Montessori's choice in professions different?

2. What is the number one characteristic of a Montessori school?

3. What profession did Montessori eventually decide to pursue?

4. Standing states that there was not a female precedent for the work Montessori was doing, what does the author mean by "female precedent"?

5. What does Standing suggests that this book could be used as, despite its label as a biography?

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