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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. According to Montessori, in a class of normalized children, what takes the place of competition?
(a) Mutual aid.
(b) Unfriendliness.
(c) Lack of expectations.
(d) Apathy.

2. From ages 0-3, Montessori considered the Absorbent Mind; what is another term for the absorbent mind?
(a) Working.
(b) Conscious.
(c) Unconscious.
(d) Stagnant.

3. According to Montessori, what is the primary tool for learning in infants and very young children?
(a) Mind.
(b) Hands.
(c) Adult instruction.
(d) Feet.

4. In "Size, Movement, Instinct, Reason," what stage of development is the child, at birth, considered, according to the Standing?
(a) Abstraction.
(b) Infancy.
(c) First stage.
(d) Embryonic.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lessons should be combined with lessons of practical life?

2. What did Montessori call the 1900s?

3. What type of things does Standing write astonish small children?

4. For learning in the Montessori classroom to be successful, what is presented to the children?

5. What type of classrooms does Montessori prefer?

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