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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 4 : Chapter 2, Liberty in Education & the Montessori Directress.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Standing suggest is a common property to cause and effect?
(a) Fear.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Disinterest.
(d) Interest and suprise.

2. According to Standing, what happens when the obstacles are removed from the path of the children?
(a) Appreciation increases.
(b) Expectations decrease.
(c) Learning increases.
(d) Desire for play increases.

3. According to Montessori, what may happen if necessary supplies are not available in the classroom?
(a) Learning continues.
(b) Children will be dissappointed.
(c) Energy is wasted.
(d) Children will find another activity.

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

5. Standing states that there was not a female precedent for the work Montessori was doing, what does the author mean by "female precedent"?
(a) No females were allowed to do what Maria was doing.
(b) No females could be paid for this work.
(c) No female had do it before.
(d) No females were interested in what she was doing.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Montessori, in addition to early childhood, what other stage of development is one of great transformation?

2. What does Standing state, in Book 1, Chapter 2 , Montessori was a champion for?

3. According to Montessori, what does it take for movement to be perfected?

4. Why did Montessori suggests that the animal instinct to walk at birth is gone in humans?

5. What element of a child's current activities did Montessori reduce and supplement with more structured activities?

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