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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Meyerson leave the group during their first visit?
(a) To get away from Frazier.
(b) She does not like one of the visiting group.
(c) To attend a special function for her daughter.
(d) To report for work.

2. Why does the name of Walden Two contain the word Two?
(a) The first attempt at creating the community was a failure.
(b) It is located near Walden.
(c) There are two communities and Frazier is in charge of the second.
(d) There is a book called Walden that describes an experimental community.

3. On their way to their first activity on the morning after they participate in entertainment, what do the visitors observe?
(a) They pass children learning geometry with strings and pegs.
(b) They pass children involved in organized sports.
(c) They pass children gardening.
(d) They pass children painting a mural.

4. Why are all members of Walden Two required to do physical labor?
(a) To maintain good relations with workers.
(b) To prevent obesity and health problems.
(c) To contribute to health and well-being while keeping in touch with workers.
(d) To keep them fit.

5. Based on Frazier's description of the system, which of the following statements best describes a weakness in the way leaders are chosen at Walden Two?
(a) It has no mechanism for participation of workers.
(b) It places too much power in the hands of a few persons.
(c) It assumes that the motives and skills of the decision-makers are at the apppropriate level.
(d) It places too much power in the hands of one person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rogers particularly impressed with Walden Two?

2. Identify the critical features that constitute "the good life", as outline by Frazier.

3. Following the discussion of marriage and child-bearing, what view of the modern world does Frazier use to justify some of the family-oriented practices at Walden Two?

4. How is failure treated at Walden Two?

5. In the first discussion between Rogers, Burris, and Jamnik, why is Frazier's name introduced?

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