Walden Two Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

B. F. Skinner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 196 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Walden Two Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

B. F. Skinner
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do babies sleep on in Walden Two?
(a) Easily cleaned stretched plastic that provides comfort and eliminates cleaning.
(b) Cotton sheets.
(c) Foam covered wood.
(d) Wooden slats with sponges.

2. What factors determine the most common form of entertainment at Walden Two?
(a) The members of the community vote on what they want to do.
(b) Cost, transportation, and the amount of trouble involved.
(c) Cost and time to organize it.
(d) Talent and time.

3. Why does the name of Walden Two contain the word Two?
(a) The first attempt at creating the community was a failure.
(b) There is a book called Walden that describes an experimental community.
(c) It is located near Walden.
(d) There are two communities and Frazier is in charge of the second.

4. As Frazier explains the operations of Walden Two to the visitors, what technique does the author use to support the ideas behind Walden Two's operations?
(a) He does not have Frazier show the visitors anything that is not working well.
(b) He keeps the visitors away from the ordinary members of Walden Two.
(c) He presents the community as one whose systems and practices are beyond question because they are already working.
(d) He does not tolerate any questions from the visitors.

5. As the visitors take their first walk around Walden Two, what does Frazier explain to the visitors about the buildings?
(a) They are cheaper to maintain.
(b) They are communal buildings made of rammed earth with covered passages, and they protect them from extreme weather.
(c) They prevent the chilrden from going outside.
(d) They protect them from bad weather because they are insulated.

Short Answer Questions

1. At their first dinner, Frazier explains that Walden Two never has crowds. What is the explanation for this?

2. During their first discussion, what does Burris decide to do after the men have spoken about Frazier?

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

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

5. Who is the narrator of Walden Two?

(see the answer key)

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