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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 4 : Chapter 2, Liberty in Education & the Montessori Directress.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Standing suggests that individuals set out to create two worlds, one within and one without, when does he state this begins?
(a) At Birth.
(b) As an adolescent.
(c) An an adult.
(d) As a toddler.

2. What does Standing state that small children often accept?
(a) Only truth.
(b) Their dependance.
(c) Adult explanations.
(d) The impossible.

3. What type of things does Standing write astonish small children?
(a) Other people.
(b) The smallest things.
(c) Most new things.
(d) Only unique things.

4. From ages 0-3, Montessori considered the Absorbent Mind; what is another term for the absorbent mind?
(a) Unconscious.
(b) Conscious.
(c) Working.
(d) Stagnant.

5. According to Montessori, what happens when a child learns a task on their own?
(a) He becomes oppressed.
(b) He tries harder.
(c) He gives up.
(d) He gains confidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Standing, why is joy a surprise to some in terms of this emotion being tied to learning and the Montessori classroom?

2. According to Standing, in "Practical Life & Mental Processes," what does silence create?

3. After finding it too difficult to continue her work in Italy, where did Montessori go to continue her work?

4. According to the Montessori method, when is a child allowed to choose material on his own in the classroom?

5. What element of a child's current activities did Montessori reduce and supplement with more structured activities?

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