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

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

3. Traditional educators and the churches defended _______ as the core of necessary knowledge.
(a) Italian and Greek.
(b) French and Greek.
(c) Latin and Greek.
(d) Latin and English.

4. In which year did Montessori die?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1952.

5. In which year did Paulo Freire die?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1996.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montessori opened her first school in which year?

2. Pestalozzi came from which country?

3. Rousseau had ____ children, whom he abandoned.

4. According to the text there are ____ Montessori schools in the United States.

5. Which country had a heavy influence on Swiss politics?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did John Dewey live? How were Dewey's views shaped and by which events of the time?

2. Discuss Rousseau's book, "Emile" and its premise.

3. When did Mary Wollstonecraft live? What major events occurred during this time that greatly affected Mary Wollstonecraft as a woman?

4. What was the basis of Jefferson's educational platform?

5. What was the basic educational background of John Dewey?

6. When did Jean-Jacques Rousseau live? What major events occurred during Jean-Jacques Rousseau's lifetime? How were educational ideas changed?

7. What was Jean-Jacques Rousseau's basic education history?

8. What were Dewey's key steps to solving problems?

9. When did Paulo Freire live? What major events occurred in Brazil during Freire's life and career?

10. When did Maria Montessori live? What was the landscape of the women's movement in Italy at that time?

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