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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What further clarification does Frazier give to the group about the new kind of behavioral control?
2. What is the occupation of the housewife?
3. In the part of the debate when they speak about democracy, what weaknesses of this system does Frazier point out?
4. Who are the first visitors to decide on joining Walden Two?
5. What views about power does Frazier express in response to Castle's comments?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the views of Castle and Frazier about freedom conflict?
2. In discussing failed communal societies, what comparisons does Frazier make between them and Walden Two?
3. How does the conversation that Burris has with a housewife, on his way back to his room from his investigations, confirm his conclusions about Walden Two's members?
4. What conflicting views about life at Walden Two surface for Rogers and Barbara after they have been exposed to some of the practices like education and family life?
5. After they have heard about education and child-rearing, what views about family life does Frazier share with the visitors?
6. When the group sits down to lunch and Castle questions Frazier about government and politics, how does Frazier respond?
7. What is Frazier's vision for Walden Two?
8. How does Frazier justify the emphasis on control at Walden Two?
9. When Burris and Frazier are alone after rain destroys the group's plan of an afternoon walk, of what does Burris accuse Frazier, and why?
10. As he seeks verification of the happiness of Walden Two's members, what groups does Burris encounter and what does he conclude?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"An attack on traditional society and its cherished institutions". Discuss this assessment of Walden Two.
Essay Topic 2
At the end of the novel, the reader is no wiser as to whether Steve will return to Walden Two. Discuss the forces operating in Steve's conflict and discuss whether the author's failure to resolve this conflict is a strength or weakness in the story line.
Essay Topic 3
Walden Two was first published in 1948 and revised for a 1967 publication. What is the relevance of the ideas and theories espoused in the novel, relevant to modern life?
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