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

2. Montessori attended school in which major city?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John Dewey born?

2. Du Bois used a term "talented _____" to denote intellectually gifted elite of a race.

3. Which of the following is not a main part of the Montessori curriculum?

4. Where did Thomas Jefferson live?

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

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. What was Dewey's career path? How was he affiliated with Hull House?

3. When did John Dewey live? How were Dewey's views shaped and by which events of the time?

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

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

6. What was the basic educational background of Thomas Jefferson?

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

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

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

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

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