Article by Deanna Mascle
1. In 1949, following the Communists’ victory in the civil war between Communists and Nationalists, the Common Program establishes the right of all citizens to education and the responsibility of the state to provide it. In which country did this take place?
A. CubaB. ChinaC. JapanD. Vietnam
B. ChinaQQ: How many people got that right? The year shouldn’t have left much room for doubt…
2. The 20th century has been marked by the emergence of national school systems among developing nations, particularly in Asia and Africa. Compulsory elementary education has become nearly universal, but evidence indicates that large numbers of children do not attend school? Can you guess how many of those that age 6 to 18 throughout the world do not attend school?
A. 20 percentB. 30 percentC. 40 percentD. 50 percent
D. 50 percentQQ: That number is far too high. The QuizQueen was outraged that she only discovered it by accident and that there is not a far greater outcry about the issue.
3. During the Middle Ages, what organization helped preserve learning, especially by saving the manuscripts of Classical Greece and Rome?
A. MonasteriesB. MonarchiesC. MasonsD. Knights Templar
A. MonasteriesQQ: Much history and learning would have been lost if the Monks had not preserved and copied ancient manuscripts.
4. Did one of these educational advances not take place during the ninth century?
A. Emperor Charlemagne instituted a revival of learningB. Al Qarawiyin University was established in Fes, MoroccoC. King Alfred the Great initiated a revival of learningD. Muslims and Jews promoted education within their own societies and also served as translators who brought ancient Greek thought to European scholarsE. They are all true!
E. They are all true!QQ: These events still have implications for modern educators and students.
5. What movement led to the creation of elementary and secondary schools in the 16th century?
A. The RenaissanceB. The HumanistC. The ReformationD. The Counter Reformation
C. The ReformationQQ: Martin Luther’s Reformation movement led to the creation of Protestant elementary and secondary schools, although the Counter Reformation later led to the Jesuits setting up a Roman Catholic school system in many countries.
6. During which century were the foundations laid for the possibility of mass education?
A. 20thB. 19thC. 18thD. 17th
C. 18thQQ: During this century Prussia established a school system, Peter the Great began a formal education system in Russia, schools and colleges were developed in Colonial America, and education reforms resulted from the French Revolution. In addition, in England the Sunday school movement was initiated for the benefit of poor and working children.
7. Which educator developed the teaching method that stresses development of initiative and self-reliance by permitting children to do by themselves the things that interest them, but within strictly disciplined limits?
A. Maria Montessori of ItalyB. Johann Herbart of GermanyC. Horace Mann of the United StatesD. Herbert Spencer of England
A. Maria Montessori of ItalyQQ: She first introduced the now world-famous Montessori Method in 1907.
8. Educational systems in the Western world were based on the educational methods of which religious tradition?
A. Roman CatholicB. JewishC. HinduD. Buddhist
B. JewishQQ: Surprised? You shouldn’t be!
9. Which ancient Greek philosopher created the foundation for the liberal arts education widely embraced by Western educators?
A. PlatoB. IsocratesC. AristotleD. Socrates
B. IsocratesQQ: He believed in teaching the whole student–mind, body, and soul–to be a well-rounded person.
10. What is scholasticism?
A. The art of earnest studyB. An ordered system integrating both the natural wisdom of Greece and Rome and the religious wisdom of ChristianityC. Writer’s crampD. A paper cut
B. An ordered system integrating both the natural wisdom of Greece and Rome and the religious wisdom of ChristianityQQ: It was a philosophical and theological movement that took place during the Middle Ages.
11. Which culture has one of the oldest known systems of education, a system that taught religion and promoted the traditions of the people?
A. AmericanB. DruidicC. EgyptianD. Roman Catholic
C. EgyptianQQ: Maybe you didn’t know the answer, but the other options should have made this easy!
12. Who wrote The Century of the Child, arguing that young children require flexible and creative instruction that responds to each child’s individual needs and talents, which was published in 1900?
A. Maria Montessori of ItalyB. Ellen Key of SwedenC. Bertrand Russell of EnglandD. John Dewey of the United States
B. Ellen Key of SwedenQQ: Barnets
