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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of interaction occurs in a traditional classroom?
(a) Teacher-Child-Envorinment.
(b) Child-Environemnt.
(c) Teacher-Environment.
(d) Teacher-Child.

2. When should a new Montessori school introduce didactic materials?
(a) At the very begining of the year.
(b) When the children reach 7 years old.
(c) When the right rapport have been created.
(d) When the children are ready.

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

4. What simile about children is used by both Montessori and Froebel?
(a) Willing learners.
(b) Soft wax.
(c) Open books.
(d) Blank slates.

5. According to Montessori, what occurs when a child is criticized too much be an adult?
(a) He gives up.
(b) He becomes confident.
(c) He becomes oppressed.
(d) He tries harder.

6. In "Practical Life & Mental Processes," what does Standing suggest is a conquest to be won by humans?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Balance.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Respect.

7. According to Montessori, what is necessary for a child to be able to overcome or make right any misstep in the environment?
(a) Abstract thinking.
(b) Rapport between the child and the environment.
(c) Good problem solving skills.
(d) Concrete thinking.

8. What type of interaction occurs in the Montessori classroom?
(a) Teacher-Environment.
(b) Child-Environment.
(c) Teacher-Child-Environment.
(d) Teacher-Child.

9. Why is the physical environment important in the classroom?
(a) There are no other adults in the room.
(b) It is too difficult and timely for adults to lift children up and down.
(c) It is just nice for the children.
(d) Children can learn relations.

10. What lessons should be combined with lessons of practical life?
(a) Reading and writing.
(b) Grace and courtesy.
(c) National songs.
(d) Mathematics.

11. What was the first thing that Montessori requires of a Montessori Directress?
(a) Yelling at the children.
(b) Providing direction to the children.
(c) Avoidance of center stage.
(d) Coddling the children.

12. What did Montessori suggest may occur if a child is exposed to imaginary things to early in life?
(a) Stop exploration.
(b) Develop unwarrented fears.
(c) Hinder their imagination.
(d) Enhance their imagination.

13. Where did Montessori state the imagination is derived from?
(a) The external world.
(b) The internal world.
(c) At home.
(d) The classroom.

14. According to Montessori, what can be said about the adults feeling of oppressing their children?
(a) They feel it is necessary.
(b) It is intentional.
(c) It is not intentional.
(d) They do not care.

15. When considering the fact that the child creates his own mind, what does Standing suggest separates man from animal?
(a) Desire.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Love.
(d) Speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the material called that were used in Froebel's classrooms?

2. According to Montessori, what happens when a child learns a task on their own?

3. According to Standing, how did some visitors view unusual tasks seen in a Montessori classroom?

4. According to Montessori, why is oppression of children strange?

5. In terms of biology, what is meant by freedom?

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