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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Montessori, what are the two sins that will distort the true vision of a child?
(a) Selfishness and anger.
(b) Anger and a mean spirit.
(c) Pride and selfishness.
(d) Pride and anger.

2. What does Standing suggest that children prefer an imaginary world?
(a) It is one they can dominate.
(b) The real world is too dark for them.
(c) The real world is too large for them.
(d) Simply because they are children.

3. What are the material called that were used in Froebel's classrooms?
(a) Froebelian materials.
(b) Froebelian gifts.
(c) Froebelian documents.
(d) Froebelian tools.

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

5. According to Montessori, what prompts a child to learn to speak?
(a) Forced by adults.
(b) Inner impulse.
(c) Other children speaking.
(d) Imitation.

6. According to the beginning of "Liberty in Education & the Montessori Directress," how did the Montessori school define good education?
(a) Freedom in a Prepared Environment.
(b) Choice in Learning.
(c) Oppression Free Learning.
(d) Child Led Learning.

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

8. When comparing the prepared environment of her classrooms, what did Montessori compare this to in the animal world?
(a) Placenta.
(b) The wild.
(c) The nest.
(d) The developed world.

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

10. What did Montessori emphasize in terms of activity methods?
(a) Doing things correctly.
(b) Understanding theories.
(c) Remaining engaged.
(d) Precision, order, and discipline.

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

12. In terms of furniture, what does Standing suggest a child prefers in "The Fundamental Problem & Prepared Environment"?
(a) Fancy marble tables.
(b) Dark colored tables.
(c) Mulitcolored tables.
(d) Light colored tables.

13. In terms of biology, what is meant by freedom?
(a) An organisim has choice.
(b) An organisim is alone in its environment.
(c) An organisim sustains with little help from others.
(d) An organisim must exist without the help of others.

14. According to Standing, what is the highest form of spontaneous self-activity according to Froedlians?
(a) Play.
(b) Structured work.
(c) Achievment.
(d) Reading.

15. According to Standing, how did some visitors view unusual tasks seen in a Montessori classroom?
(a) Interesting.
(b) Not appropriate for the classroom.
(c) A waste of time.
(d) Good learning experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Standing, in "Montessori & Froebel," what is our environment made for?

2. What must a teacher understand to be successful in the Montessori classroom?

3. According to the Montessori method, when is a child allowed to choose material on his own in the classroom?

4. According to Montessori, what may happen if necessary supplies are not available in the classroom?

5. In Size, Movement, Instinct, Reason," according to Standing, what is the first act of a man's life?

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