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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jefferson received a degree in which area?
(a) Business.
(b) Law.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Chemistry.

2. Dewey attended which prestigious university?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Georgetown.
(c) Johns Hopkins.
(d) Columbia.

3. Who was referred to as the "Pragmatist Philosopher and Progressive Educator?"
(a) Addams.
(b) Montessori.
(c) Du Bois.
(d) Dewey.

4. Which of the following was not the cause of progressive socioeconomic and political changes during this time?
(a) Great Depression.
(b) New Deal.
(c) Civil War.
(d) World War I.

5. From which country did Montessori originate?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) United States.
(d) Britain.

6. Which word best describes Dewey's view?
(a) Far-fetched.
(b) Pragmatic.
(c) Innovative.
(d) Illusory.

7. What was Montessori's first name?
(a) Melissa.
(b) Anna.
(c) Angela.
(d) Maria.

8. Where did Jane Addams spend her childhood?
(a) Boise.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Monroeville.
(d) Cedarville.

9. Which was not one of the philosophers read by Dewey in school?
(a) Kierkegaard.
(b) Comte.
(c) Huxley.
(d) Kant.

10. Where did Thomas Jefferson live?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Maryland.

11. When did Horace Mann live?
(a) 1766-1829.
(b) 1776-1849.
(c) 1796-1859.
(d) 1786-1839.

12. In which year was Montessori born?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1880
(c) 1875.
(d) 1870.

13. Jefferson attended which college?
(a) Brown.
(b) Harvard.
(c) College of William and Mary.
(d) University of Virginia.

14. Who was the Founder of the Kindergarten?
(a) Mann.
(b) Owen.
(c) Froebel.
(d) Wollstonecraft.

15. What career did Montessori eventually adopt?
(a) Law.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Politics.
(d) Engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Proponent of Liberation live?

2. Who is the Advocate of Individualism, Science, and Social Darwinism?

3. In which year was W.E.B. Du Bois born?

4. Which of the following was most critical to Mill?

5. What was Froebel's first name?

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