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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is failure treated at Walden Two?
(a) Persons who fail have to go back to school.
(b) Persons who fail are channelled into different types of work.
(c) Persons who fail are moved to different jobs and if this continues, they see a psychologist.
(d) Persons who fail are asked to leave the community.

2. According to Frazier, how do the child-rearing practices affect the development of the children?
(a) The children relate to adults of their choice and are less dependent on their parents.
(b) The children grow up more quickly.
(c) The children have less conflict with their parents.
(d) The children respect all adults.

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?
(a) It takes a whole community, not just parents, to raise children.
(b) The traditional family is an outdated concept.
(c) The family is weakening in the modern world, and the Walden Two community takes on traditional family roles.
(d) The modern family is not accomplishing its purposes.

4. When the visitors have almost completed their window washing, what is the next assignment for Rogers, Steve, and Burris?
(a) They refurbish buildings.
(b) They clean the school.
(c) They paint the nursery.
(d) They stack wood behind the theater.

5. What event does Burris find listed on a bulletin board?
(a) An auction.
(b) A talent show.
(c) A performance of Bach's Mass in B Minor.
(d) A dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Burris selects what he wants to do from the bulletin board, what do Mary and Steve decide to do instead?

2. After the dinner at which Burris and Frazier discuss failed communal societies, where do they hear from Frazier about the "Good Life"?

3. Why is Rogers particularly impressed with Walden Two?

4. How does Frazier explain the low incidence of adultery at Walden Two?

5. How does the group of visitors manage the first work assignment of window-cleaning?

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