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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 was most critical to Mill?
(a) Freedom of the press.
(b) Freedom of religion.
(c) Freedom of thought.
(d) Freedom of speech.

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

3. When did Froebel live?
(a) 1782-1852.
(b) 1769-1846.
(c) 1777-1845.
(d) 1792-1862.

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

5. In which year was W.E.B. Du Bois born?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1864.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days old was Rousseau when his mother died?

2. Jefferson joined which organization in 1775?

3. Montessori opened her first school in which year?

4. How many children were there in Jane's family?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Rousseau's book, "Emile" and its premise.

2. When did Jean-Jacques Rousseau live? What major events occurred during Jean-Jacques Rousseau's lifetime? How were educational ideas changed?

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

4. What was the basic educational background of Maria Montessori?

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

6. When did W.E.B. Du Bois live? What major events occurred during this time and how did they affect the African-American community?

7. What was the basic educational background of Mohandas Gandhi? Gandhi's education led him to what type of career?

8. When did Maria Montessori live? What was the landscape of the women's movement in Italy at that time?

9. What were Dewey's key steps to solving problems?

10. What was the basis of Jefferson's educational platform?

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