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

2. What does the Montessori method try to encourage concerning silence?
(a) It is natural.
(b) It is boring.
(c) It is something the children make themselves.
(d) Children can not be silent for long periods.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Standing state, in Book 1, Chapter 2 , Montessori was a champion for?

2. According to Montessori, when does the second epoch of development begin?

3. In "Exploration, Development," what does Standing suggest is the reasoning some put behind the children's ability to work on their own in a Montessori classroom?

4. In "The Fundamental Problem & Prepared Environment," what type of food, does Standing state a child might prefer over a $500 ornate lunch?

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

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