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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the visitors is the first one to appear critical of Walden Two?
(a) Macklin.
(b) Rogers.
(c) Burris.
(d) Castle.

4. What do babies sleep on in Walden Two?
(a) Easily cleaned stretched plastic that provides comfort and eliminates cleaning.
(b) Cotton sheets.
(c) Wooden slats with sponges.
(d) Foam covered wood.

5. At the beginning of the novel, where have Rogers and Jamnik been before their visit to Burris?
(a) In the army fighting World War II.
(b) Visiting foreign countries.
(c) Visiting Walden Two.
(d) Studying politics at a university.

6. Apart from artwork in the gallery, what other type of artistic activity is referred to in the first part of the visitors' tour of Walden Two?
(a) Drama.
(b) Literature.
(c) Musical performances.
(d) Dances.

7. What further explanation does Frazier give about Walden Two's philosophy regarding emotional expression?
(a) They ignore negative emotions until they go away.
(b) They use punishment to control emotions.
(c) They develop spiritual awareness to offset negative emotions.
(d) They use behavioral engineering to eliminate harmful emotions.

8. What is the first significant activity at Walden Two that Frazier points out to the visitors on the first day of their visit?
(a) A herd of sheep trained to move in the required way.
(b) A group of children trained to resist lollipops.
(c) Spouses being trained to make their marriages work.
(d) Adolescents being trained for early marriage.

9. As the visitors go to their first dinner, where do they observe many of Walden Two's members gathering?
(a) Walden Corridor.
(b) The Walk.
(c) Frazier's Ladder.
(d) The Walden Walkway.

10. Why is Mrs. Nash confused when Castle asks about jealousy as he observes some children leaving from a picnic?
(a) She has an illness that prevents her from understanding some words.
(b) She does not speak much English.
(c) She is hard of hearing.
(d) She came to Walden Two at twelve-years-old and no longer experiences jealousy.

11. What is the significance of the name of the passageway where the visitors first have tea?
(a) It is a biblical reference that suggests salvation.
(b) It is a biblical reference that suggests perfection.
(c) It is a biblical reference that suggests the liberation of the Israelites.
(d) It is a biblical reference that suggests a way to heaven.

12. Which of the following terms best describes some of the weaknesses that Frazier attributes to the traditional educational system?
(a) Bureaucratic and boring.
(b) Overly bureaucratic and often pointless.
(c) Bureaucratic and inefficient.
(d) Bureaucratic and ineffective.

13. When Roger and Barbara join the others for breakfast, how does Barbara stand out from the visitors?
(a) Barbara brings Roger his breakfast.
(b) Barbara does not eat breakfast.
(c) Barbara leaves the group and eats by herself.
(d) They all serve themselves breakfast, but Roger brings Barbara hers.

14. What is the role of scientists at Walden Two?
(a) They maintain contact with universities and inventors, but must also do physical labor.
(b) They do their professional jobs and manual work, but they only investigate "pure science" in their spare time.
(c) They develop new systems and products, but must also do physical labor.
(d) They are assigned to research and experiments, but have to do some physical work.

15. In the first discussion between Rogers, Burris, and Jamnik, why is Frazier's name introduced?
(a) Jamnik has read an article about Frazier's community.
(b) Frazier is a colleague of Rogers.
(c) Frazier is also in the army.
(d) Burris knows Frazier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first member of Walden Two that Frazier allows the group to meet?

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

3. As the visitors get ready for their work assignment together, and Burris and Mary share breakfast, what develops between these two characters?

4. As Frazier discusses leisure and boredom, what does he claim about the environment at Walden Two?

5. What approach to psychology is reflected in this first activity that is observed by the visitors?

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