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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the two main instincts around which the key vocabulary was built?
(a) Love and sex.
(b) Fear and sex.
(c) Fear and love.
(d) Fear and hate.

2. What did Ashton-Warner do with the key vocabulary words that were forgotten the next day?
(a) She tried the cards with other students.
(b) She destroyed those cards.
(c) She focused on teaching those words.
(d) She put the cards away for another day.

3. To what world-wide agency did Ashton-Warner refer to in describing teaching methods in underdeveloped nations?
(a) Feed the Children.
(b) Save the Children.
(c) UNESCO.
(d) Red Cross.

4. How did Ashton-Warner "grade" the stories?
(a) She made suggestions for changes in the stories.
(b) She corrected the spelling and grammar.
(c) She never put any marks on the students' writings.
(d) She corrected the spelling only.

5. What did Ashton-Warner sometimes use to break up the difficult work of writing?
(a) Listening to piano music.
(b) Playing outside.
(c) Expressive dancing.
(d) Calisthenics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What figure signified divinity in the Chaldean writing system?

2. How long were most of the "stories" written by the students at the beginning of school?

3. Which student chose "King of the Rocket Men" as a key word?

4. To what natural phenomenon did Ashton-Warner describe the mind of a young child?

5. What educational thinker was quoted at the beginning of "Organic Writing"?

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