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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

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(d) The traditional family is an outdated concept.

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

3. Early in their tour of Walden Two, the visitors learn that children do not eat with adults in the main dining room until a certain age. What age is this?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Ten years.

4. What is the first significant activity at Walden Two that Frazier points out to the visitors on the first day of their visit?
(a) A herd of sheep trained to move in the required way.
(b) Adolescents being trained for early marriage.
(c) Spouses being trained to make their marriages work.
(d) A group of children trained to resist lollipops.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the most advanced exercise for children to learn ethics?

3. According to Frazier's explanation, what is one of the most important expected outcomes of Walden Two's approach to organizing work?

4. At the beginning of the novel, where have Rogers and Jamnik been before their visit to Burris?

5. What is the name of the passageway where the visitors have their tea on their first day at Walden Two?

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