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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. In "Liberty in Education & the Montessori Directress," what does Standing suggests is needed for a teacher to avoid demanding things of a child in the Montessori classroom?
(a) Faith.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Experience.
(d) Education.

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

3. According to Montessori, what must a a teacher do in order to no longer look at herself as someone with a duty to push children forward?
(a) Become humble.
(b) Admit defeat.
(c) Understand the child.
(d) Know all the answers.

4. In Size, Movement, Instinct, Reason," according to Standing, what is the first act of a man's life?
(a) Learn to walk.
(b) Learn to breath.
(c) Create humanity.
(d) Create intelligence.

5. Why did Montessori suggests that the animal instinct to walk at birth is gone in humans?
(a) Infants are too pampered.
(b) We have the opportunity to create our movement.
(c) It is unnecessary.
(d) We have digressed as a species.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Fundamental Problem & Prepared Environment," what did Montessori say about universal oppression in relation to children?

2. According to Montessori, what happens when a child learns a task on their own?

3. What are the material called that are used in Montessori's classrooms?

4. In the Montessori classroom, what must be distributed evenly to foster the child?

5. What is considered a good class size in a Montessori classroom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. According to Standing, what are the three forms of precision in terms of the freedoms and the closed circle?

10. What is meant by Weltanschauung?

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