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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Walden Two meet its production needs when members work a relatively short work day?
(a) The size of the community permits this.
(b) The lifestyle does not require more.
(c) The labor force includes adolescents and women.
(d) Workers from the nearby farms give assistance.

2. What do the visitors learn at dinner about how the management of meals contributes to avoidance of crowds at Walden Two?
(a) Meals are served at different locations.
(b) Meals are served throughout the day.
(c) Meals are served to be taken away.
(d) Meals are taken to individual living quarters.

3. Based on Frazier's description of the system, which of the following statements best describes a weakness in the way leaders are chosen at Walden Two?
(a) It assumes that the motives and skills of the decision-makers are at the apppropriate level.
(b) It places too much power in the hands of one person.
(c) It has no mechanism for participation of workers.
(d) It places too much power in the hands of a few persons.

4. What part does soup play in one of the lessons that the children must learn in order to internalize ethics?
(a) Children watch their peers drinking soup and go without.
(b) Children have to watch adults drink soup and go without.
(c) Children stand before the soup for half an hour before drinking it.
(d) Children must stand before the soup for five minutes before drinking it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frazier point this out to the visitors?

2. How does Frazier respond to Castle's expression of horror at the practices with the children?

3. After the visitors complete their first session of window-cleaning, how does Frazier clarify the view that Walden Two is about "getting back to a simpler time"?

4. What personal attack does Frazier make in response to Castle's observation about Walden Two's lack of politics?

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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