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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 4 : Chapter 2, Liberty in Education & the Montessori Directress.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of environment does a Montessori school provide?
(a) Nurturing and independent.
(b) Nurtuting and dependent.
(c) Highly structured.
(d) All free time.

2. Where did Montessori find work after completing her schooling?
(a) University.
(b) Insane asylum.
(c) Factory.
(d) Hospital.

3. In "Work, Sensorial, Normalcy," what does Standing mean by sensorial world?
(a) Complusion.
(b) Conditioned learning.
(c) An attachement to reality.
(d) Required training.

4. What are traditional curriculum topics referred to as?
(a) National curriculum.
(b) The three Rs.
(c) The three Ws.
(d) Formatted education.

5. What process does not complete itself for several years after birth and can be fostered by the Montessori school?
(a) Self.
(b) Inactive incarnation.
(c) Superior incarntaion.
(d) Progressive incarnation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where can the reader find additional details about the Montessori method?

2. What does the Montessori school enable children to do?

3. What does a teacher in a traditional school, being tied to a curriculum experience each day?

4. After finding it too difficult to continue her work in Italy, where did Montessori go to continue her work?

5. What element of a child's current activities did Montessori reduce and supplement with more structured activities?

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