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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part Two : Chapter 2, Work, Sensorial, Normalcy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of things does Standing write astonish small children?
(a) Most new things.
(b) Only unique things.
(c) Other people.
(d) The smallest things.

2. In "Exploration, Development," what does Standing suggest is absent in a Montessori school?
(a) Tests.
(b) Coercion.
(c) Direction.
(d) Textbooks.

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

4. What did Montessori feel would happen if one provides direct help for a child's mental growth needs during 0-6 year old?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Speed up growth.
(c) Impede growth.
(d) Stop growth.

5. 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 interested in what she was doing.
(d) No females were allowed to do what Maria was doing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When comparing normalized children to those in a traditional classroom, how are these children often described?

2. According to Montessori, what is the first sign of normalization in a child?

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

4. In addition to the qualities unique in children, what else does the Montessori method focus on?

5. What does Standing state occurs naturally in children during the learning process?

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