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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What further clarification does Frazier give to the group about the new kind of behavioral control?
(a) He says it is the basis of the practices at Walden Two.
(b) He says it conflicts with ideas about self-control.
(c) He says its effectiveness has been proven at Walden Two.
(d) He says it is more successful than punishment.

2. At lunch after their tour of medical facilities, Frazier expresses enthusiasm about Walden two. What is he enthusiastic about?
(a) That the community is economically viable.
(b) That the community is achieving its purpose.
(c) That Walden Two proves it can exist in the modern world.
(d) That Walden Two has attracted two new members.

3. What does Burris find when he goes off by himself to investigate whether Walden Two members are happy?
(a) He finds a variety of groups engaged in various ordinary activities.
(b) He finds that groups are either indifferent or very happy with Walden Two.
(c) Most people appear to be indifferent.
(d) He finds a group whose members are definitely miserable with life at Walden Two.

4. As the visitors tour the mental and dental facilities, what is evidently the major emphasis in the approach to care?
(a) Emergency care.
(b) Family care.
(c) Cheap care.
(d) Preventative care.

5. What is ironic about Frazier's stated opposition to political action?
(a) He has forgotten how he came to be the leader of Walden Two.
(b) He is involved in political action himself.
(c) Although he says nothing can be achieved through it, his description of Walden Two's political activity shows otherwise.
(d) He uses the same methods that are used in the wider political system.

6. Following the discussion of marriage and child-bearing, what view of the modern world does Frazier use to justify some of the family-oriented practices at Walden Two?
(a) It takes a whole community, not just parents, to raise children.
(b) The traditional family is an outdated concept.
(c) The modern family is not accomplishing its purposes.
(d) The family is weakening in the modern world, and the Walden Two community takes on traditional family roles.

7. Why is Rogers particularly impressed with Walden Two?
(a) The community is a contrast to the things that upset him at home.
(b) He is looking for a simpler life.
(c) He is excited about a free society.
(d) During his experience at war, he realized the problematic nature of his elite life in the States.

8. As Burris investigates the happiness of Walden Two members, what complaint does he overhear?
(a) He hears about lack of freedom.
(b) He hears about tyranny.
(c) He hears about boredom.
(d) He hears about poor planning.

9. What do the visitors who want to join Walden Two have to pass?
(a) Career tests and physicals.
(b) A physical.
(c) Physicals and intelligence tests.
(d) Intelligence and aptitude tests.

10. In the argument that takes place when the rain causes Burris, Castle, and Frazier to have an extended discussion, what is the major purpose served by Frazier's arguments?
(a) He is used to defend Walden Two.
(b) He is used to express the author's theories.
(c) He is used to contradict the author's beliefs.
(d) He is used to attack communism.

11. In response to Frazier's assertions about keeping young people at Walden Two, Castle indirectly suggests that the practice is like indoctrination. What is the literary device used by the author in Castle's response?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Transferred epithet.
(d) Sarcasm.

12. As Burris investigates the happiness of Walden Two members, what game does he see some playing?
(a) Chess.
(b) Scrabble.
(c) Football.
(d) Tennis.

13. What is the role of the person who is responsible for Walden Two's relationship to government in the wider society?
(a) He runs local elections.
(b) He studies political issues and puts together the "Walden Ticket" for which all members vote.
(c) He represents Walden Two at Congress.
(d) He presents Walden Two's petitions.

14. During the Sunday evening debate about behavior control, on what point do Castle and Frazier agree?
(a) That sanctions do control behavior.
(b) That fear of consequences does control behavior.
(c) That force and the threat of force do control behavior.
(d) That conditioning does control behavior.

15. 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 loving one's enemies.
(d) The teachings of Jesus about temptation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the visitors fails to understand why anyone would want to live at Walden Two?

2. Later in the discussion about failed communal societies, how does Frazier explain their failure?

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

4. How does Frazier suggest that the growth of Walden Two will affect farmers in the future?

5. When questioned by Burris about young people leaving Walden Two, how does Frazier respond?

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