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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was referred to as the "Pragmatist Philosopher and Progressive Educator?"
(a) Du Bois.
(b) Montessori.
(c) Addams.
(d) Dewey.

2. Toynbee Hall which was a model for Addams' _____ House in Chicago.
(a) Hampton.
(b) Hull.
(c) Henderson.
(d) Howard.

3. What percentage of Chicago residents were foreign-born?
(a) 45%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 75%.

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

5. When did Jane Addams die?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1945.

6. Which is not one of the universities attended by Du Bois?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Friedrich Wilhelm.
(c) Johns Hopkins.
(d) Fisk.

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

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

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

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

11. Who was the Utopian Theorist and Communitarian Educator?
(a) Owen.
(b) Mann.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Williams.

12. What career did Montessori eventually adopt?
(a) Politics.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Law.
(d) Medicine.

13. When did the Proponent of Liberation live?
(a) 1806-1873.
(b) 1814-1863.
(c) 1816-1883.
(d) 1804-1870.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jane met English historian ______ Toynbee.

2. Who was the Leader of the Common School Movement?

3. Which country had a heavy influence on Swiss politics?

4. Addams became known for integrating working-class immigrants and middle-class ______.

5. How many steps are involved in Dewey's problem-solving program?

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