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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 does Aristotelian philosophy suggest about theories that separate the soul and body?
(a) They have some truth.
(b) The are unattainable.
(c) They are unique.
(d) They are fales.

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

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

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

5. What type of interaction occurs in a traditional classroom?
(a) Teacher-Child.
(b) Teacher-Child-Envorinment.
(c) Teacher-Environment.
(d) Child-Environemnt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Fundamental Problem & Prepared Environment," what type of food, does Standing state a child might prefer over a $500 ornate lunch?

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

4. According to Standing, in "Practical Life & Mental Processes," what does silence create?

5. What type of interaction occurs in the Montessori classroom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why can it be said that the Montessori method revels the true nature of children?

3. In "The Fundamental Problem & Prepared Environment," what ways do children right oppression?

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

5. When a child first enters the Montessori school, what is the first thing to occur in terms of education?

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

7. According to Montessori, how can the struggle between the adult and the child end?

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

9. What is the significance of the physical aspects of the Montessori classroom?

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

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