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

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

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

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

5. What does a teacher in a traditional school, being tied to a curriculum experience each day?
(a) Similar planned activities each day.
(b) Defined progress.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Order.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Size, Movement, Instinct, Reason," what does the author suggest about the development of a child when they are first born?

2. What did Montessori suggest may occur if a child is exposed to imaginary things to early in life?

3. What type of interaction occurs in a traditional classroom?

4. What is one of the most misunderstood elements of the Montessori method?

5. What is one example of an unusual task a visitor may see a Montessori child engaged in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is necessary for a student to engage in a certain activity?

3. What are the two distinct stages of learning in a Montessori classroom?

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

5. When did Montessori disagree with Froebels use of free play and make believe?

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

7. What are some things that a Montessori teacher may teach directly to younger children?

8. According to Standing, what is an example of a limitation in material for a child?

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

10. According to Montessori, how does concentration play a role in the normalization of a child?

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