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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Liberty in Education & the Montessori Directress," what does the role of the Montessori teacher resemble?
(a) A tyrant.
(b) A guardian angel.
(c) A friend.
(d) A mother.

3. What is the reason for the difference in number of students per class in the Montessori classroom compared to the traditional classroom?
(a) Ability to control the children.
(b) Enrollment numbers.
(c) Time constraints.
(d) Children lean from one another.

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

5. In "The Fundamental Problem & Prepared Environment," what did Montessori say about universal oppression in relation to children?
(a) Children are oppressed only in rich countries.
(b) Children are oppressed only in poor countries.
(c) Children are oppressed world wide.
(d) Children are learning how to fight oppression.

6. In the Montessori classroom, what must be distributed evenly to foster the child?
(a) Punishment and warnings.
(b) Correction and encouragement.
(c) Supplies and free time.
(d) Fun games and learning.

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

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

9. Who defined man as the rational animal?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Jung.
(d) Aristotle.

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

11. What does the Montessori school enable children to do?
(a) Learn dependnce.
(b) Be domestic helpers.
(c) Act independently of adult influence.
(d) Learn to accept criticism.

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

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

14. What must a teacher understand to be successful in the Montessori classroom?
(a) The principles of learning.
(b) The child as a human being.
(c) The curriculum for the class.
(d) The backgroud of the Montessori method.

15. According to Montessori, what sets the tune of development and the creation of self?
(a) The soul.
(b) The mind.
(c) The body.
(d) Adults.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must not be the only concern when designing a Montessori classroom?

2. How does the Montessori method distinguish itself from other educational models?

3. According to Montessori, what is necessary for a child to be able to overcome or make right any misstep in the environment?

4. What does Aristotelian philosophy suggest about theories that separate the soul and body?

5. According to Montessori, what does it take for movement to be perfected?

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