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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the kitchen staff manage the washing and clearing of dishes after dinner?
(a) The process is automated.
(b) Members work in several shifts of two people each and much of the washing is automated.
(c) Several members work simultaneously until it is finished.
(d) Adolsecents use automatic dishwashers.

2. After their tour of the dairy, when Mrs. Meyerson joins the group, what tradition involving young couples do the visitors observe?
(a) They attend counseling sessions.
(b) They learn to cook and bake.
(c) They attend parenting classes.
(d) They work on their own living quarters.

3. What is the name of the passageway where the visitors have their tea on their first day at Walden Two?
(a) The Upper Room.
(b) Jacob's Ladder.
(c) Peter's Ladder.
(d) Moses' Ladder.

4. How does the rearing of Walden Two children up to three-years-old compare with that of babies?
(a) Their sleeping arrangements are the same.
(b) Their health care is the same.
(c) They all receive inoculations and eat only organic food.
(d) Their playing and sleeping arrangements are the same.

5. In the discussion about socializing children to develop ethics, what is the first lesson that Frazier describes?
(a) They make hungry children watch adults eat their meals.
(b) They give children sugar-covered lollipops with instructions not to lick them.
(c) They provide toys, which the children cannot touch.
(d) They give children coloring books and crayons, which they are forbidden to use.

Short Answer Questions

1. What further explanation does Frazier give about Walden Two's philosophy regarding emotional expression?

2. As the discussions about the educational system come to an end, Castle asks about freedom. Which of the following best describes Frazier's reason for avoiding Castle's questions about freedom?

3. Which of the following terms best sums up the approach to decision-making, as described by Frazier to the visitors?

4. At the beginning of the novel, where have Rogers and Jamnik been before their visit to Burris?

5. In the conversation concerning expression of emotions, what criticism does Frazier make of how the wider society socializes children?

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