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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ashton-Warner describe the energy released during the spelling period in "The Mechanics of Teaching Organic Spelling"?
(a) Energizing.
(b) Exhilerating.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Frightening.

2. To what natural phenomenon does the term "Golden Section" refer?
(a) Leaf patterns.
(b) Wave patterns.
(c) Plant growth.
(d) Animal growth.

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

4. What figure signified divinity in the Chaldean writing system?
(a) A dart.
(b) A tree.
(c) An eye.
(d) A triangle.

5. What did the junior assistant or a senior pupil sometimes do with the younger students during shared reading?
(a) Sing.
(b) Read a story.
(c) Do a science experiment.
(d) Dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the snail nicknamed?

2. What was the maximum number of children Ashton-Warner felt a teacher could give individual attention to?

3. Which student's parents fought frequently and violently at night?

4. Under what category was the Maori word, "haka," placed?

5. In the illustrations accompanying "Organic Writing," what fatal accident did one child claim had happened to him?

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