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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his heavy work stacking wood, when Burris talks with Frazier at dinner about communal societies that have failed, what is Frazier's first response?
(a) He refuses to compare them with Walden Two because he has little knowledge of them.
(b) He asserts that they lacked vision.
(c) He asserts that Walden Two is definitely superior.
(d) He asserts that they lacked leadership.

2. How does the rearing of Walden Two children up to three-years-old compare with that of babies?
(a) Their health care is the same.
(b) They all receive inoculations and eat only organic food.
(c) Their sleeping arrangements are the same.
(d) Their playing and sleeping arrangements are the same.

3. What is the occupation of the housewife?
(a) She's a baker and has many hobbies.
(b) She minds her children.
(c) She is a nurse who bakes in her spare time.
(d) She spends all of her time as a baker.

4. Which of the following terms best sums up the approach to decision-making, as described by Frazier to the visitors?
(a) It is a system in which the leader makes all the important decisions.
(b) It is a system of cooperation and consensus at the leadership level.
(c) It is a system of decision-making by committees.
(d) It is a democratic system in which everyone participates equally.

5. To what does Frazier relate his theory of behavior?
(a) The teachings of Jesus about fortitude.
(b) The teachings of Jesus about love of one's neighbor.
(c) The teachings of Jesus about temptation.
(d) The teachings of Jesus about loving one's enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Meyerson leave the group during their first visit?

2. During the Sunday evening debate about behavior control, on what point do Castle and Frazier agree?

3. Why does Frazier discount the merits of majority vote in the democratic system?

4. As far as men and women are concerned, which of the following best sums up the way Frazier describes the allocation of work at Walden Two?

5. What further clarification does Frazier give to the group about the new kind of behavioral control?

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