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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part Two : Chapter 1, Exploration, Development &.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the rooms called where the children had adult guidance and time for freedom?
(a) Learning Areas.
(b) Montessori Rooms.
(c) Children's Rooms.
(d) Children's Houses.

2. When Montessori gave up her medical practice to focus on her teaching, where was she invited a number of times?
(a) Japan.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) Asia.

3. What does Standing state about the existence of the body as a baby experiences it?
(a) They do not realize it until much later.
(b) They are intriuged.
(c) They are uninterested.
(d) They can not make the connection.

4. What does Standing suggests that this book could be used as, despite its label as a biography?
(a) A Noble Prize winner.
(b) A door stop.
(c) A University textbook.
(d) An elementary school book.

5. In "Exploration, Development," how does Standing describe the type of work that occurs among the children?
(a) Slow and calculated.
(b) Spontaneous and voluntary.
(c) Fast paced.
(d) Forced.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to Montessori, offers profound insight into the truths of human nature?

2. In "Exploration, Development," what does Standing suggest is the reasoning some put behind the children's ability to work on their own in a Montessori classroom?

3. Standing uses the expression 'Young Explorer'; what does he state is unique about the young explorer?

4. What great philosopher felt that thinking about why a day is a day would be a waste of a day?

5. Who persecuted Montessori's schools and teaching methods?

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