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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During this time, the face of America changed from embracing agriculture to embracing ____.
(a) Energy.
(b) Automobiles.
(c) Industry.
(d) Aeronautics.

2. What was Montessori's first choice of study for her future career?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Law.
(d) Politics.

3. In which year was Montessori born?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1880
(d) 1885.

4. Gandhi went to _____ to further his education.
(a) Italy.
(b) Netherlands.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

5. From which country did Montessori originate?
(a) Britain.
(b) United States.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

6. The Amazon Basin was being destroyed by which country's problems of underemployment, illiteracy, and malnutrition?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Venezuela.
(c) Peru.
(d) Chile.

7. Which word best describes Dewey's view?
(a) Illusory.
(b) Innovative.
(c) Far-fetched.
(d) Pragmatic.

8. When did Horace Mann live?
(a) 1786-1839.
(b) 1776-1849.
(c) 1766-1829.
(d) 1796-1859.

9. How old was Jane when her mother died?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

10. Who is known as the Prophet of Naturalism?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Mann.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Owen.

11. Dewey attended which prestigious university?
(a) Georgetown.
(b) Johns Hopkins.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Harvard.

12. What was Pestalozzi's first name?
(a) Sebastian.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Johann.
(d) William.

13. In which year did Gandhi die?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1948.

14. Who was referred to as the "Advocate of Liberation Pedagogy"?
(a) Du Bois.
(b) Montessori.
(c) Addams.
(d) Freire.

15. Jane met English historian ______ Toynbee.
(a) Archie.
(b) Albert.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Alan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "bambini" mean?

2. Industrialization created a labor class that typically worked ___ hours per day.

3. An Indian conference agreed to endorse Gandhi's free, compulsory education for ____ years.

4. In which year was W.E.B. Du Bois born?

5. Where was Rousseau born?

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