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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are all members of Walden Two required to do physical labor?
(a) To prevent obesity and health problems.
(b) To contribute to health and well-being while keeping in touch with workers.
(c) To keep them fit.
(d) To maintain good relations with workers.

2. After dinner, as the visitors settle in the lounge, what does Frazier explain about how members of Walden Two contribute to the community?
(a) Each family is assigned to different chores and these are rotated.
(b) Members are paid for work and must contribute a percentage of their earnings to the community.
(c) Members must work eight hours each day.
(d) Through a system of labor credits, members must give fours hours of work each day .

3. 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) Spouses being trained to make their marriages work.
(c) Adolescents being trained for early marriage.
(d) A group of children trained to resist lollipops.

4. 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 and time to organize it.
(c) Cost, transportation, and the amount of trouble involved.
(d) Talent and time.

5. According to Mrs. Meyerson, what is the reason behind the women's attitude to dress?
(a) They do not want to be seen as objects.
(b) They want to reduce expense.
(c) They want to distract the men from sexual thoughts.
(d) They are very modest.

6. As the discussions about the educational system come to an end, Castle asks about freedom. Which of the following best describes Frazier's reason for avoiding Castle's questions about freedom?
(a) He is confident that Walden Two's practices create more freedom than there is in traditional societies.
(b) He is aware that the practices of Walden Two create significant limits on freedom.
(c) He doesn't believe Castle knows what he is talking about.
(d) He does not like Castle.

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

8. On their way to their first activity on the morning after they participate in entertainment, what do the visitors observe?
(a) They pass children involved in organized sports.
(b) They pass children gardening.
(c) They pass children learning geometry with strings and pegs.
(d) They pass children painting a mural.

9. As the group observes some children leaving for a picnic, what answer does Castle receive when he asks about jealousy among those left behind?
(a) Frazier says the children understand that their turn will come.
(b) Frazier says children would be punished if they displayed jealousy.
(c) Frazier explains that the children do not exhibit jealousy.
(d) Frazier says Castle is imposing adult feelings on the chidlren.

10. Which of the visitors is the first one to appear critical of Walden Two?
(a) Macklin.
(b) Burris.
(c) Rogers.
(d) Castle.

11. Which member of the group raises questions about mother love for babies?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Rogers.
(c) Mary.
(d) Castle.

12. Why does Frazier point this out to the visitors?
(a) It demonstrates the ability to control young children.
(b) It demonstrates the productivity of the sheep.
(c) It illustrates the ability of the community to control specific behaviors that suit the community's needs.
(d) It demonstrates the benefits of early marriage.

13. What is the name of the passageway where the visitors have their tea on their first day at Walden Two?
(a) The Upper Room.
(b) Moses' Ladder.
(c) Jacob's Ladder.
(d) Peter's Ladder.

14. Which of the following terms best describes the approach to education of older children at Walden Two?
(a) Team learning.
(b) Differentiated learning.
(c) Cooperative learning.
(d) Independent learning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subjects do the older children have to study in school?

2. How does Walden Two meet its production needs when members work a relatively short work day?

3. What further explanation does Frazier give about Walden Two's philosophy regarding emotional expression?

4. Why does the author expand the visiting group to include these members?

5. What is the impact on Burris when he participates in his chosen form of entertainment?

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