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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Aristotle live?
(a) 364-312 B.C.E.
(b) 384-322 B.C.E.
(c) 373-329 B.C.E.
(d) 381-339 B.C.E.

2. The emperor was thrown out of a window and landed in a pile of ____.
(a) Hay.
(b) Trash.
(c) Manure.
(d) Dirt.

3. ________ and Pestalozzi's educational reform is presented.
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Aquinas.
(d) Rousseau.

4. Education for social change and reconstruction was introduced by _____ and Froebel.
(a) Clark.
(b) Thompson.
(c) Owen.
(d) Mann.

5. Which university was attended by Comenius?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Harrington.
(c) Heidelberg.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which dynasty took its place?

2. Aquinas was enrolled in which type of institution?

3. What was the first name of Erasmus?

4. Which is not among the first four people discussed by Gutek?

5. What was the profession of Aristotle's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did John Calvin live? What major events occurred in the religious sector during this time? What caused the turbulence of the time?

2. How did Martin Luther play a part in this time period? What was Luther's major focus?

3. What is the basic background of Calvin's education?

4. When was Confucianism introduced into the Western world and by whom?

5. What is the basic structure of the book? How does Gutek involve the reader in the text?

6. When did Desiderius Erasmus live? What was happening in the religious sector during this time?

7. Examine Erasmus' first encounter with humanist scholars. How did Erasmus use that exposure plus academic works to further his education?

8. How did commerce affect the political and educational nature of the time?

9. What was Quintilian's basic idea and outline for education?

10. What caused the disintegration of China's political system? When the major changes occur?

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