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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 does the group of visitors manage the first work assignment of window-cleaning?
(a) They have no difficulty adjusting to physical work.
(b) Burris is inefficient and uncomfortable, but they get through the work.
(c) They get through a good deal of the work in two hours, but Barbara is inefficient and uncomfortable.
(d) They are unaccustomed to this work, so they do not do well.

2. How do Walden Two's communication practices differ from the outside world?
(a) Events are announced at meal times.
(b) Performance and events are listed on bulletin boards instead of splashy advertisements.
(c) Young people take around flyers about upcoming events.
(d) A Town Crier communicates necessary information.

3. After Burris selects what he wants to do from the bulletin board, what do Mary and Steve decide to do instead?
(a) They go to a dance.
(b) They go to the theater.
(c) They go to a movie.
(d) They go to a bowling alley.

4. As the visitors get ready for their work assignment together, and Burris and Mary share breakfast, what develops between these two characters?
(a) Burris seems too intellectual for Mary, but he seems attracted to her.
(b) They dislike each other.
(c) They do not speak much to each other.
(d) Mary is attracted to Burris, but she is too simple for him.

5. Which one of the visitors fails to understand why anyone would want to live at Walden Two?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Mary.
(c) Castle.
(d) Steve.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Roger and Barbara join the others for breakfast, how does Barbara stand out from the visitors?

2. Who is in charge of the nursery visited by the group?

3. How is the Code sustained at Walden Two?

4. What does Burris find when he goes off by himself to investigate whether Walden Two members are happy?

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

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