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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Standing suggest is a common property to cause and effect?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Interest and suprise.
(c) Disinterest.
(d) Fear.

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

3. As discussed in "Introductory Materials, Preparations & Discovery" based on Montessori's discovery, what was she initially able to do?
(a) Provided these individuals with equipment.
(b) Open a school.
(c) Find a better job.
(d) Make more money.

4. Standing suggests that individuals set out to create two worlds, one within and one without, when does he state this begins?
(a) As an adolescent.
(b) As a toddler.
(c) At Birth.
(d) An an adult.

5. What does Standing compare the universe to when discussing how a child may see it?
(a) An illusion.
(b) A jigsaw puzzle.
(c) A straight line.
(d) A maze.

Short Answer Questions

1. What groups of people were often placed in mental institutions during the time Montessori began working?

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

3. Why are children initially unaware of cause and effect?

4. What is the number one characteristic of a Montessori school?

5. Standing states that there was not a female precedent for the work Montessori was doing, what does the author mean by "female precedent"?

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