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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Montessori opened her first school in which year?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1915.

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

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

4. When did Pestalozzi live?
(a) 1787-1846.
(b) 1747-1827.
(c) 1717-1807.
(d) 1767-1831.

5. What is Rousseau's first name?
(a) Michel.
(b) Jean.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Raoul.

6. What was Gandhi's profession?
(a) Law.
(b) Politics.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Clergy.

7. When did Thomas Jefferson live?
(a) 1733-1806.
(b) 1723-1816.
(c) 1743-1826.
(d) 1713-1836.

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

9. Who was the Proponent of Women's Rights and Education?
(a) Wollstonecraft.
(b) Weber.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Monroe.

10. When did Spencer live?
(a) 1820-1903.
(b) 1810-1913.
(c) 1817-1922.
(d) 1841-1926.

11. Where did Thomas Jefferson live?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Massachusetts.

12. Who was the Founder of the Kindergarten?
(a) Froebel.
(b) Owen.
(c) Mann.
(d) Wollstonecraft.

13. In which year did Montessori die?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1952.

14. What does the word "bambini" mean?
(a) Car.
(b) A type of wood.
(c) Children.
(d) Pasta.

15. Du Bois used a term "talented _____" to denote intellectually gifted elite of a race.
(a) Fifth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Tenth.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Froebel's first name?

2. What career did Montessori eventually adopt?

3. According to the text there are ____ Montessori schools in the United States.

4. Which word best describes Dewey's view?

5. In which year did Jefferson first enter political office?

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