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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is failure treated at Walden Two?
(a) Persons who fail have to go back to school.
(b) Persons who fail are asked to leave the community.
(c) Persons who fail are channelled into different types of work.
(d) Persons who fail are moved to different jobs and if this continues, they see a psychologist.

2. As Burris returns to his room and meets a housewife nearby, what does he find out from her about Frazier?
(a) She is pleased with Frazier's leadership.
(b) She was married to Frazier.
(c) She is upset with Frazier's leadership.
(d) She barely knows Frazier.

3. What does Burris learn from the housewife that he meets on the way to his room, regarding whether she is happy?
(a) She doesn't seem to think about happiness and seems to take it for granted.
(b) She is not happy.
(c) She is happy sometimes.
(d) She is very happy.

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

5. What is the point of view in which Walden Two is written?
(a) Omniscient author.
(b) First person narrative.
(c) Third person objective.
(d) Second person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the rearing of Walden Two children up to three-years-old compare with that of babies?

2. Which member of the group raises questions about mother love for babies?

3. Why are all members of Walden Two required to do physical labor?

4. How do the child-rearing practices affect the women of Walden Two?

5. Faced with Castle's challenge about the absence of moral law at Walden Two, what does Frazier display?

(see the answer key)

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