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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Montessori, what effects does the herd instinct have in boys?
(a) Become mentally stronger.
(b) Wean them from maternal domination.
(c) Fight other groups.
(d) Learn more.

3. According to Montessori, what is the child developing during the first epoch of his life?
(a) Spirit.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Physical strength.
(d) Mental strength.

4. 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?
(a) They are given directions before visitors come in.
(b) They are simply playing and not learning.
(c) Hypnotic influnce.
(d) Strong discipline.

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) Socrates.
(d) Locke.

6. According to Montessori, how do adults do their work?
(a) Pressured.
(b) With an internal aim.
(c) With an external aim.
(d) Slowly.

7. According to Montessori, what is necessary for children who have had disordering experiences?
(a) Direct instruction.
(b) Strict guidelines.
(c) Understanding teachers.
(d) Freedom to explore.

8. When did Montessori write her first book on her work?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1919.

9. Standing uses the expression 'Young Explorer'; what does he state is unique about the young explorer?
(a) He is never idle.
(b) He rarely challenges himself.
(c) He asks many questions.
(d) He loses interest easily.

10. Why are children initially unaware of cause and effect?
(a) They have no previous experience.
(b) They are not smart enough to understand it yet.
(c) Cause and effect only matter for older children.
(d) They think they are invincible.

11. In "Exploration, Development," how does Standing describe the type of work that occurs among the children?
(a) Slow and calculated.
(b) Forced.
(c) Spontaneous and voluntary.
(d) Fast paced.

12. In "Development," what did Montessori give a living representation of through the work and writings?
(a) The problems of education.
(b) The zeitgeist of the age.
(c) The challenge of education.
(d) The problems of society.

13. In "Work, Sensorial, Normalcy," what does Standing mean by sensorial world?
(a) Complusion.
(b) Conditioned learning.
(c) An attachement to reality.
(d) Required training.

14. Because of persecution from some groups, what happened to Montessori's teaching materials and books?
(a) They stopped all printing and publication of her materials.
(b) They were publically burned.
(c) They were banned.
(d) There were stolen from the schools.

15. According to Montessori, what are the two streams of development?
(a) Conscious and unconscious.
(b) Physical and unconscious.
(c) Mental and metaphysical.
(d) Mental and physical.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Montessori, what is the primary tool for learning in infants and very young children?

2. During the time discussed in "Introductory Materials, Preparations & Discovery," what does Montessori discover about those she helped?

3. What does Standing suggest is a common property to cause and effect?

4. How did Montessori begin trying to help those less fortunate?

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

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