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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the time Montessori began working, who was making great efforts to understand the mentally ill?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Clements.
(c) Freud.
(d) Newton.

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

3. What did Montessori feel was the problem when children do not want to work on their own?
(a) Problems with the teacher.
(b) The child's attention span.
(c) The presentation of the material.
(d) The child's ability to learn.

4. Where can the reader find additional details about the Montessori method?
(a) The author's other books.
(b) The library.
(c) At a local teaching university.
(d) Montessori enducational system organizations.

5. How did Montessori begin trying to help those less fortunate?
(a) Observing.
(b) Giving them better medication.
(c) Teaching them how to read.
(d) Smuggling them out of the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Standing state a Montessori teacher should attend to the children?

2. As Montessori's popularity grew, what did she realize about the reach of her teaching methods?

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

4. What great philosopher felt that thinking about why a day is a day would be a waste of a day?

5. When did Montessori write her first book on her work?

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