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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part Three : Chapter 2, Practical Life & Mental Processes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What element of a child's current activities did Montessori reduce and supplement with more structured activities?
(a) Nap time.
(b) Free play.
(c) Reading time.
(d) Time outside.

2. What is an natural and important factor to children's learning according to Standing in "Work, Sensorial, Normalcy"?
(a) External thinking.
(b) Receiving answers from adults.
(c) Internal thinking.
(d) Repetition.

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

4. According to Montessori, why it is important to have different educational principles for different stages of development?
(a) All children are different.
(b) Development varies in different genders.
(c) Children are essentially different beings during different periods.
(d) Development is too complex.

5. What was one thing Montessori would telling her international training courses about teaching?
(a) Teach teaching.
(b) Teach learning.
(c) Teach discipline.
(d) Teach a formatted curriculum.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Standing, how did some visitors view unusual tasks seen in a Montessori classroom?

2. Because of persecution from some groups, what happened to Montessori's teaching materials and books?

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

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

5. According to Montessori, in addition to early childhood, what other stage of development is one of great transformation?

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