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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. In terms of time, what is first created in the child's mind in order to comprehend time?
(a) General divisions.
(b) Details of time.
(c) Days.
(d) Minutes.

2. 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) Make more money.
(c) Find a better job.
(d) Open a school.

3. According to Standing, what did Froebel call the inner relationships that children look for between things?
(a) Innerships.
(b) Inner connexions.
(c) Cause and effects.
(d) Common objects.

4. 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 were interested in what she was doing.
(b) No female had do it before.
(c) No females were allowed to do what Maria was doing.
(d) No females could be paid for this work.

5. Who was one of Montessori's Italian sponsors?
(a) The Duke.
(b) The King.
(c) The Queen Mother.
(d) The Prince.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Standing compare the universe to when discussing how a child may see it?

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

4. Who persecuted Montessori's schools and teaching methods?

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

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