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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many students, according to the university professor quoted in "The Unlived Life," are capable of creative thought?
(a) One in ten thousand.
(b) One in five hundred.
(c) One in a thousand.
(d) One in a hundred.

3. What was the most powerful word under the "sex" category?
(a) Dance.
(b) Kiss.
(c) Love.
(d) Darling.

4. How many Maori transitional readers did Ashton-Warner end up with?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

5. What was the maximum number of children Ashton-Warner felt a teacher could give individual attention to?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

6. What color crayon did Ashton-Warner use for the key vocabulary?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

7. At what time of day did Ashton-Warner "teach" the Golden Section?
(a) Between 2 and 3.
(b) Between 1 and 2.
(c) Between 9 and 10.
(d) Between 12 and 1.

8. How long did many of the students' stories become by the time they were six?
(a) Three sentences.
(b) One whole paragraph.
(c) One page.
(d) Half a page.

9. What "univited insect" was NOT seen in the classroom?
(a) Spider.
(b) Lice.
(c) Wasp.
(d) Mantis.

10. What composer was Ashton-Warner playing when her students began doing expressive dancing?
(a) Handel.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Shubert.

11. What poet is quoted at the beginning of "Tone"?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) W.B. Yeats.
(c) e.e. cummings.
(d) Emerson.

12. At what time of the day was "paste paint" listed in Ashton-Warner's daily schedule?
(a) 10:30-12:00.
(b) 9:30-10:30.
(c) 1:00 to 2:00.
(d) 9-10:45.

13. What short word did Ashton-Warner say (in "Maori Transitional Readers") was used by Maori at the end or beginning of most spoken sentences?
(a) So.
(b) Eh.
(c) Leh.
(d) Nei.

14. In what country did the volunteer describe teaching villagers how to read and write their own names?
(a) Algeria.
(b) Libya.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Morocco.

15. What was the most powerful word under the "fear" category?
(a) Ghost.
(b) Police.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Knife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which student picked the word bomb as a first key word?

3. Which student stumbled on the words "Come," "look," and "and"?

4. To what Dickens novel character did Ashton-Warner refer in "Maori Transitional Readers?"

5. According to Erich Fromm, what is the outcome of the unlived life?

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