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

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

3. According to Montessori, why is oppression of children strange?
(a) Those who love the children, oppress them.
(b) Despite efforts to change, this oppression still occurs.
(c) They do not know they are oppressed.
(d) They are the only ones oppressed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Practical Life & Mental Processes," what does Standing suggest is a conquest to be won by humans?

2. What do some teachers feel is the only necessary component for a child to be expressing themselves?

3. According to Montessori, how does the child absorb information from the environment?

4. What lessons should be combined with lessons of practical life?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Standing, what is one mistake some may make in developing or overseeing a Montessori school?

2. What are 3 of the 14 main rules for the teacher in relation to the environment?

3. According to the Montessori philosophy, how are actions of grace and courtesy to be taught?

4. What are the possibilities of an individual who is a slave or who has limited freedom?

5. Why does the Montessori method keep a young child in a limited circle within the prepared environment?

6. What are the two factors involved in the success of the prepared environment?

7. According to "Liberty in Education & the Montessori Directress," how is it possible to be independent but not free?

8. According to Montessori, a perfectly prepared environment includes what type of information?

9. In "The Fundamental Problem & Prepared Environment," what are the parts of a prepared environment?

10. How does freedom in the Montessori classroom also come with laws to follow?

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