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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the students do with the new words put up on the blackboard each morning?
(a) They added them to their stories.
(b) They practiced spelling them.
(c) They read them together out loud.
(d) They made sentences together with them.

2. How did Ashton-Warner describe the energy released during the spelling period in "The Mechanics of Teaching Organic Spelling"?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Energizing.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Exhilerating.

3. At what time did the students turn to the new words during the "intake period"?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 11:30 a.m.
(d) 10:30 a.m.

4. How did Ashton-Warner "grade" the stories?
(a) She corrected the spelling and grammar.
(b) She corrected the spelling only.
(c) She never put any marks on the students' writings.
(d) She made suggestions for changes in the stories.

5. What philosopher said that language must precede a nation's formation?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Descartes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the smaller children sometimes go during the shared reading period?

2. How were the chairs arranged for the reading and exchange period?

3. Between what hours did Ashton-Warner focus on creativity through work on the key vocabulary?

4. In what country did the volunteer describe teaching villagers how to read and write their own names?

5. In what year did Leo Tolstoy begin his peasant school?

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