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

Multiple Choice Questions

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(b) The traditional family is an outdated concept.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

2. How is the Code sustained at Walden Two?
(a) The members vote on what should be in it.
(b) The leaders and managers update it regularly.
(c) Frazier updates it regularly.
(d) Through discussion and reinforcement at Sunday meetings.

3. After their tour of the dairy, when Mrs. Meyerson joins the group, what tradition involving young couples do the visitors observe?
(a) They attend counseling sessions.
(b) They attend parenting classes.
(c) They learn to cook and bake.
(d) They work on their own living quarters.

4. As Frazier discusses leisure and boredom, what does he claim about the environment at Walden Two?
(a) He says the environment is ideal for bulding family relationships.
(b) He says the environment is ideal for personal growth.
(c) He says the environment is ideal for spiritual well-being.
(d) He says the environment is ideal for creating art.

5. Faced with Castle's challenge about the absence of moral law at Walden Two, what does Frazier display?
(a) He displays faith in Walden Two's abiity to manage without it.
(b) He displays pragmatism and a belief that all behavior can be dealt with by experimentation and social engineering.
(c) He displays the willingness to give the matter some thought.
(d) He displays an intolerance for opposition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What assumption does Walden Two make about how to build resistance in babies?

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

3. As Burris returns to his room and meets a housewife nearby, what does he find out from her about Frazier?

4. How do the child-rearing practices affect the women of Walden Two?

5. Why does the author have Burris discuss matters with the housewife that he meets on the way to his room?

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