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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part One : Chapter 2, Development &.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Montessori began working for underprivileged children, she had two assistants and how many children?
(a) 60.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

2. Standing states that there was not a female precedent for the work Montessori was doing, what does the author mean by "female precedent"?
(a) No females could be paid for this work.
(b) No female had do it before.
(c) No females were allowed to do what Maria was doing.
(d) No females were interested in what she was doing.

3. What type of principles does the Montessori method focus?
(a) Those that are effective in adults.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Reading.
(d) Those that occur naturally in children.

4. Who persecuted Montessori's schools and teaching methods?
(a) Fascists.
(b) Zeitgeist.
(c) Contempories.
(d) Puritans.

5. What is the only organization designed to represent and promote the principles of the Montessori method?
(a) Teachers for Montessori.
(b) The National Organized Teaching Association.
(c) Teachers for America.
(d) Association Montessori Internationale.

Short Answer Questions

1. When given the chance, how does the Montessori method suggest children will function?

2. What does Standing state is the strength of this book?

3. What was Montessori fortunate to have had?

4. What does Standing suggests that this book could be used as, despite its label as a biography?

5. How did Montessori begin trying to help those less fortunate?

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