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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. Where did Montessori find work after completing her schooling?
(a) Insane asylum.
(b) Hospital.
(c) University.
(d) Factory.

2. What is a famous characteristic of the Montessori school?
(a) Children have a lot of play time.
(b) Children are content doing their work.
(c) Children are very disciplined through the use of rules.
(d) There is not direction.

3. What does Standing suggests that this book could be used as, despite its label as a biography?
(a) A door stop.
(b) A Noble Prize winner.
(c) An elementary school book.
(d) A University textbook.

4. According to Montessori, what happens when a child learns a task on their own?
(a) He becomes oppressed.
(b) He tries harder.
(c) He gains confidence.
(d) He gives up.

5. What is one example of an unusual task a visitor may see a Montessori child engaged in?
(a) Sweeping the floor.
(b) Reading.
(c) Writing.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did Montessori eventually decide to pursue?

2. What does the Montessori school enable children to do?

3. What occurs when children learn a task at the right period of their learning, or sensitive time?

4. In "Size, Movement, Instinct, Reason", according to Standing, what is the highest human faculty?

5. In "Work, Sensorial, Normalcy," what does Standing mean by sensorial world?

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