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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 they visit the school, Frazier discusses the advantages of the education system with the visitors. To what three features does Frazier attribute the system's efficiency?
(a) There is no formal testing.
(b) It avoids administration, discipline, and a standardized curriculum.
(c) There is no standardized curriculum.
(d) There is no discipline.

2. How do Walden Two's communication practices differ from the outside world?
(a) Events are announced at meal times.
(b) A Town Crier communicates necessary information.
(c) Young people take around flyers about upcoming events.
(d) Performance and events are listed on bulletin boards instead of splashy advertisements.

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"?
(a) The objective is to increase physical work and improve health.
(b) The objective is to increase physical and spiritual activity.
(c) The objective is to reduce work and improve relationships.
(d) He explains that the objective is to reduce hard labor, use technology, and create leisure.

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) A group of children trained to resist lollipops.
(d) Spouses being trained to make their marriages work.

5. At the beginning of the novel, where have Rogers and Jamnik been before their visit to Burris?
(a) Visiting Walden Two.
(b) Visiting foreign countries.
(c) In the army fighting World War II.
(d) Studying politics at a university.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the visitors take their first walk around Walden Two, what does Frazier explain to the visitors about the buildings?

2. What activities does Frazier plan for the group after breakfast on the morning after their leisure activities?

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?

4. What do the visitors learn at dinner about how the cooks at Walden Two ensure that food is not wasted?

5. Which of the following terms best sums up the approach to decision-making, as described by Frazier to the visitors?

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