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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only organization designed to represent and promote the principles of the Montessori method?
(a) Teachers for Montessori.
(b) Teachers for America.
(c) The National Organized Teaching Association.
(d) Association Montessori Internationale.

2. Who persecuted Montessori's schools and teaching methods?
(a) Zeitgeist.
(b) Contempories.
(c) Fascists.
(d) Puritans.

3. Standing states that there was not a female precedent for the work Montessori was doing, what does the author mean by "female precedent"?
(a) No female had do it before.
(b) No females were interested in what she was doing.
(c) No females were allowed to do what Maria was doing.
(d) No females could be paid for this work.

4. According to Standing, what happens when the obstacles are removed from the path of the children?
(a) Appreciation increases.
(b) Expectations decrease.
(c) Desire for play increases.
(d) Learning increases.

5. What type of things does Standing write astonish small children?
(a) The smallest things.
(b) Most new things.
(c) Other people.
(d) Only unique things.

6. During the time Montessori began working, who was making great efforts to understand the mentally ill?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Clements.
(c) Freud.
(d) Newton.

7. According to Montessori, what tends to occur when groups gather together, such as boys grouping together and girls grouping together?
(a) Herd instinct.
(b) Group instinct.
(c) Gang mentality.
(d) Sexual divisions.

8. Who, according to Montessori, offers profound insight into the truths of human nature?
(a) The Physician.
(b) The Teacher.
(c) The Child.
(d) The Adult.

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

10. As discussed in "Introductory Materials, Preparations & Discovery" based on Montessori's discovery, what was she initially able to do?
(a) Make more money.
(b) Open a school.
(c) Provided these individuals with equipment.
(d) Find a better job.

11. What type of environment does a Montessori school provide?
(a) Nurturing and independent.
(b) Highly structured.
(c) Nurtuting and dependent.
(d) All free time.

12. According to Montessori, which of the following is not a cause for a deviation?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Invasion.
(c) Inhibition.
(d) Failure to create.

13. According to Montessori, in a class of normalized children, what takes the place of competition?
(a) Mutual aid.
(b) Lack of expectations.
(c) Unfriendliness.
(d) Apathy.

14. According to Montessori, in addition to early childhood, what other stage of development is one of great transformation?
(a) Toddler.
(b) 9 year olds.
(c) Adolescence.
(d) Adulthood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Montessori gave up her medical practice to focus on her teaching, where was she invited a number of times?

2. According to Montessori, what is the child developing during the first epoch of his life?

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

4. According to Montessori, what is different in the way adults work compared to children?

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

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