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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. How did Montessori begin trying to help those less fortunate?
(a) Smuggling them out of the hospital.
(b) Observing.
(c) Giving them better medication.
(d) Teaching them how to read.

2. Because of persecution from some groups, what happened to Montessori's teaching materials and books?
(a) There were stolen from the schools.
(b) They were banned.
(c) They stopped all printing and publication of her materials.
(d) They were publically burned.

3. What did Montessori call the 1900s?
(a) The Century of the Child.
(b) The Educational Revolution.
(c) The Time for Change.
(d) The Century for the Teacher.

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

5. Standing states that there was not a female precedent for the work Montessori was doing, what does the author mean by "female precedent"?
(a) No females were interested in what she was doing.
(b) No females could be paid for this work.
(c) No female had do it before.
(d) No females were allowed to do what Maria was doing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to the qualities unique in children, what else does the Montessori method focus on?

2. What type of things does Standing write astonish small children?

3. What does Standing suggests that this book could be used as, despite its label as a biography?

4. Where can the reader find additional details about the Montessori method?

5. During the time Montessori began working, who was making great efforts to understand the mentally ill?

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