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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where can the reader find additional details about the Montessori method?
(a) Montessori enducational system organizations.
(b) At a local teaching university.
(c) The author's other books.
(d) The library.

2. Where did Montessori and her parents move so she could go to a better school?
(a) Brussels.
(b) New York.
(c) Rome.
(d) France.

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

4. What was Montessori fortunate to have had?
(a) A job as a teacher.
(b) A lot of friends.
(c) Rich parents.
(d) Educational opportunities.

5. Because of persecution from some groups, what happened to Montessori's teaching materials and books?
(a) There were stolen from the schools.
(b) They were banned.
(c) They were publically burned.
(d) They stopped all printing and publication of her materials.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Montessori's choice in professions different?

2. Who, according to Montessori, offers profound insight into the truths of human nature?

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

4. Who was one of Montessori's Italian sponsors?

5. What does Standing state occurs naturally in children during the learning process?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Montessori, how does the absorbent mind take in the world?

2. Why does Standing suggest that Montessori was fortunate when it came to education?

3. According to Montessori, children have an interesting concept of time; how is this concept different from that of an adult?

4. According to Montessori, when does conscious effort of development and learning begin?

5. What did other professionals, including other teachers of Montessori's time, assume about Monetessori's work as a teacher?

6. How did Montessori use tool in teaching abstract ideas?

7. According to Montessori, what is the difference between an external and internal aim to work?

8. According to Montessori, why is human development compared to a succession of new births?

9. What does Standing make clear about the content of this book?

10. Based on the preface to this book, what is significant about the work Montessori did?

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