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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country had a heavy influence on Swiss politics?
(a) England.
(b) Sweden.
(c) France.
(d) Netherlands.

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

3. Which was not one of the philosophers read by Dewey in school?
(a) Huxley.
(b) Kant.
(c) Comte.
(d) Kierkegaard.

4. When did Robert Owen live?
(a) 1761-1851.
(b) 1781-1866.
(c) 1771-1858.
(d) 1791-1872.

5. Where was Rousseau born?
(a) Pilatus.
(b) Lucerne.
(c) Berne.
(d) Geneva.

6. What was the name of Thomas Jefferson's father?
(a) Peter.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Henry.
(d) William.

7. Jefferson attended which college?
(a) University of Virginia.
(b) Brown.
(c) College of William and Mary.
(d) Harvard.

8. _____ Gandhi was known as the Father of Indian Independence.
(a) Mahatma.
(b) Rajneesh.
(c) Mohandas.
(d) Indira.

9. The Prophet lived during the Age of Reason, also known as the Age of _____.
(a) Vision.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Common Sense.

10. How many days old was Rousseau when his mother died?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 11.
(d) 6.

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

12. What was Froebel's first name?
(a) Hans.
(b) Heinrich.
(c) Wilhelm.
(d) Friedrich.

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

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

15. How many steps are involved in Dewey's problem-solving program?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toynbee Hall which was a model for Addams' _____ House in Chicago.

2. When did Horace Mann live?

3. Who was referred to as the "Advocate of Liberation Pedagogy"?

4. When did Thomas Jefferson live?

5. Pestalozzi came from which country?

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