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

2. What groups of people were often placed in mental institutions during the time Montessori began working?
(a) Intellects.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Mentally retarded.

3. In "Development," what were children given in a Montessori classroom that was evident through their obedience toward adults and ability to strive for perfection on their own terms?
(a) Good grades.
(b) Understanding of adults.
(c) Respect for inner life.
(d) Education in being an adult.

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

5. What was one limitation Montessori had for continuing her schools?
(a) Students.
(b) Community support.
(c) Staff.
(d) Funding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of environment does a Montessori school provide?

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

3. According to Montessori, what happens when a child learns a task on their own?

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

5. In "Size, Movement, Instinct, Reason," what stage of development is the child, at birth, considered, according to the Standing?

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