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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. When considering the fact that the child creates his own mind, what does Standing suggest separates man from animal?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Speech.
(c) Love.
(d) Desire.

2. When Montessori gave up her medical practice to focus on her teaching, where was she invited a number of times?
(a) Asia.
(b) England.
(c) Japan.
(d) America.

3. Why did Montessori suggests that the animal instinct to walk at birth is gone in humans?
(a) Infants are too pampered.
(b) We have digressed as a species.
(c) It is unnecessary.
(d) We have the opportunity to create our movement.

4. According to Montessori, what is necessary for children who have had disordering experiences?
(a) Direct instruction.
(b) Strict guidelines.
(c) Understanding teachers.
(d) Freedom to explore.

5. What term refers to the infinite complexity of voluntary muscles?
(a) Body.
(b) Self.
(c) Muscular system.
(d) Flesh.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Montessori write her first book on her work?

2. What did Montessori feel was the problem when children do not want to work on their own?

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

4. In "Size, Movement, Instinct, Reason," what does the author state psychologists of this time placed an emphasis in?

5. In "Development," what did Montessori give a living representation of through the work and writings?

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