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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the goal of silence in the Montessori classroom?
(a) Repect the learning in other classrooms.
(b) Hear your inner voice.
(c) Provide a rest time for students.
(d) Provide a rest time for teachers.

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

3. What are traditional curriculum topics referred to as?
(a) The three Rs.
(b) National curriculum.
(c) Formatted education.
(d) The three Ws.

4. What are the material called that are used in Montessori's classrooms?
(a) Montessori documents.
(b) Montessori tools.
(c) Montessori gifts.
(d) Montessori materials.

5. What term refers to the infinite complexity of voluntary muscles?
(a) Muscular system.
(b) Body.
(c) Flesh.
(d) Self.

6. In "Liberty in Education & the Montessori Directress," in talking about a day at a Montessori school, how did Montessori describe this?
(a) Controlled peace.
(b) Joyful chaos.
(c) A life which unfolds itself.
(d) Intense learning.

7. In "Size, Movement, Instinct, Reason," what does the author state psychologists of this time placed an emphasis in?
(a) Inherited behaviors.
(b) Deviations.
(c) Learning theories.
(d) Positive behaviors.

8. What is one example of an unusual task a visitor may see a Montessori child engaged in?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Writing.
(d) Sweeping the floor.

9. According to Montessori, what does it take for movement to be perfected?
(a) Lots of play time.
(b) Disciplined study.
(c) Involunatry effort.
(d) Voluntary effort.

10. According to Standing, in "Liberty in Education & the Montessori Directress," what makes you free?
(a) Doing what is wrong.
(b) Doing what is right.
(c) Doing what you want to.
(d) Doing what others want you to.

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

12. What is considered a good class size in a traditional school?
(a) 15-25.
(b) 30-40.
(c) 12-14.
(d) 25-30.

13. What must not be the only concern when designing a Montessori classroom?
(a) Enough materials.
(b) Tables and chairs.
(c) Amount of free space.
(d) Aesthetic.

14. Rather than to teach children, what is the true goal of the Montessori method?
(a) Force learning.
(b) Foster thought.
(c) Increase patience.
(d) Direct energy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Standing suggest that children prefer an imaginary world?

2. According to Montessori, what must a a teacher do in order to no longer look at herself as someone with a duty to push children forward?

3. Where did Montessori state the imagination is derived from?

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

5. According to Standing, what is the problem with comparing Montessori's method with Froebel?

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