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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. Which of the following is not a main part of the Montessori curriculum?
(a) Individualized focus groups.
(b) Childhood stimulation.
(c) Multifaceted learning.
(d) Community involvement.

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

3. Pestalozzi came from which country?
(a) Lichtenstein.
(b) Romania.
(c) Italy.
(d) Switzerland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year was Montessori born?

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

3. Which was not one of the philosophers read by Dewey in school?

4. Jefferson received a degree in which area?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Mary Wollstonecraft live? What major events occurred during this time that greatly affected Mary Wollstonecraft as a woman?

2. When did Mary Wollstonecraft live? What major events occurred during this time that greatly affected Mary Wollstonecraft as a woman?

3. Why was Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi's work centered on educating the heart and senses?

4. When did Paulo Freire live? What major events occurred in Brazil during Freire's life and career?

5. How and when did Jean-Jacques Rousseau begin his academic career?

6. What was the basic educational background of John Dewey?

7. When did the first Montessori school open? What was its mission statement?

8. How were liberal views received during the late 1700s in Europe?

9. When did Mohandas Gandhi live? What was the landscape of the Indian government at that time?

10. What was the basic educational background of Mary Wollstonecraft? How did it influence her work with women?

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