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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part Three : Chapter 1, Size, Movement, Instinct, Reason.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Size, Movement, Instinct, Reason," what stage of development is the child, at birth, considered, according to the Standing?
(a) First stage.
(b) Embryonic.
(c) Infancy.
(d) Abstraction.

2. Who was one of Montessori's Italian sponsors?
(a) The Queen Mother.
(b) The Prince.
(c) The King.
(d) The Duke.

3. What type of things does Standing write astonish small children?
(a) The smallest things.
(b) Other people.
(c) Most new things.
(d) Only unique things.

4. According to Montessori, what is different in the way adults work compared to children?
(a) Adults have a better understanding of change.
(b) There are no differences.
(c) Adults try to make internal changes.
(d) Adults try to make external changes.

5. What does Standing state about the existence of the body as a baby experiences it?
(a) They are uninterested.
(b) They can not make the connection.
(c) They are intriuged.
(d) They do not realize it until much later.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Montessori, what is the child developing during the first epoch of his life?

2. In "Development," what was unique about what children are able to do in a Montessori classroom in terms of their mistakes?

3. What does Standing suggest is a common property to cause and effect?

4. From ages 0-3, Montessori considered the Absorbent Mind; what is another term for the absorbent mind?

5. What does the chapter "Work, Sensorial, Normalcy," state are the pressures adults have in terms of work?

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