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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frazier explain to the group when one asks about how fast Walden Two can take on new members?
(a) The process will be experimental and taken one step at a time.
(b) The process will be guided by research.
(c) Walen Two has no desire to limit the number of new members.
(d) The process will be rapid and based on experimentation.

2. Why does the author have Burris discuss matters with the housewife that he meets on the way to his room?
(a) To get the perspective of a mature, ordinary member of the community.
(b) To get the female perspective.
(c) To get the perspective of mothers.
(d) To get the perspective of the unemployed.

3. What does Burris learn from the housewife about how Walden Two finds out if members are happy?
(a) She says a young man comes around once a year to find out if she has needs or complaints.
(b) She says they are asked to attend Sunday meetings.
(c) She says the leaders send out surveys.
(d) She says the leaders are uninterested in their happiness.

4. What does Burris learn from the housewife that he meets on the way to his room, regarding whether she is happy?
(a) She doesn't seem to think about happiness and seems to take it for granted.
(b) She is not happy.
(c) She is very happy.
(d) She is happy sometimes.

5. What assumption does Walden Two make about how to build resistance in babies?
(a) They should be introduced to frustration and illness slowly.
(b) They should only interact with their mothers.
(c) They should only be fed on organic foods.
(d) They should be quarantined.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Frazier, how does Walden Two's second generation of members differ from its first?

3. According to Frazier, how do the child-rearing practices affect the development of the children?

4. Why is Rogers particularly impressed with Walden Two?

5. After their tour of the dairy, when Mrs. Meyerson joins the group, what tradition involving young couples do the visitors observe?

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