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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. According to Montessori, what is necessary for a child to be able to overcome or make right any misstep in the environment?
(a) Concrete thinking.
(b) Abstract thinking.
(c) Good problem solving skills.
(d) Rapport between the child and the environment.

2. According to Montessori, what are the two sins that will distort the true vision of a child?
(a) Anger and a mean spirit.
(b) Pride and anger.
(c) Pride and selfishness.
(d) Selfishness and anger.

3. What does Standing state is the strength of this book?
(a) Discussion of traditional education.
(b) Grammar.
(c) Discussion of Maria's life.
(d) Explanation of the Montessori principles.

4. What does Standing suggests that this book could be used as, despite its label as a biography?
(a) A Noble Prize winner.
(b) An elementary school book.
(c) A door stop.
(d) A University textbook.

5. What did Montessori call the 1900s?
(a) The Century for the Teacher.
(b) The Time for Change.
(c) The Century of the Child.
(d) The Educational Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Size, Movement, Instinct, Reason", according to Standing, what is the highest human faculty?

2. According to Montessori, what does it take for movement to be perfected?

3. What does Aristotelian philosophy suggest about theories that separate the soul and body?

4. In terms of time, what is first created in the child's mind in order to comprehend time?

5. In "Exploration, Development," how does Standing describe the type of work that occurs among the children?

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