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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 4 : Chapter 1, XV & XVI: The Fundamental Problem & Prepared Environment.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Standing compare the universe to when discussing how a child may see it?
(a) An illusion.
(b) A jigsaw puzzle.
(c) A maze.
(d) A straight line.

3. What does Standing state that small children often accept?
(a) Only truth.
(b) The impossible.
(c) Their dependance.
(d) Adult explanations.

4. According to Montessori, what is a sensitive period?
(a) Increased emotional time.
(b) Period where deviations may occur.
(c) A period of increased ability to learn.
(d) Puberty.

5. What great philosopher felt that thinking about why a day is a day would be a waste of a day?
(a) Polonius.
(b) Plato.
(c) Locke.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Montessori, what is necessary for children who have had disordering experiences?

3. As Montessori's popularity grew, what did she realize about the reach of her teaching methods?

4. What did Montessori suggest the human grows principally during the fires year of life?

5. What type of principles does the Montessori method focus?

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