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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "univited insect" was NOT seen in the classroom?
(a) Lice.
(b) Wasp.
(c) Spider.
(d) Mantis.

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

3. What did the students do with their cards after they were handed out?
(a) They wrote stories using the words.
(b) They read the words to the teacher.
(c) They read the words silently to themselves.
(d) They paired up with other students and taught each other the words.

4. What were the two main instincts around which the key vocabulary was built?
(a) Fear and love.
(b) Fear and hate.
(c) Love and sex.
(d) Fear and sex.

5. What color crayon did Ashton-Warner use for the key vocabulary?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ideal number of students to whom a teacher could give individual attention?

2. To what natural phenomenon does the term "Golden Section" refer?

3. What educational thinker was quoted at the beginning of "Organic Writing"?

4. What did the students do with the new words put up on the blackboard each morning?

5. What size were the cards Ashton-Warner used for the key vocabulary words?

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