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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do some of the visitors go after Sunday breakfast?
(a) To the park.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the neighboring farm.
(d) To a Sunday service.

2. 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) Most people appear to be indifferent.
(c) He finds that groups are either indifferent or very happy with Walden Two.
(d) He finds a group whose members are definitely miserable with life at Walden Two.

3. 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) Sarcasm.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Transferred epithet.

4. What does Frazier believe is the cause of Burris' reluctance to embrace the lifestyle of Walden Two?
(a) Frazier believes it is because Burris dislikes him as a person.
(b) Frazier believes it's because Burris had a bad experience with a communal group.
(c) Frazier believes it's because Burris does not accept a psychology of behavior.
(d) Frazier believes it's because Burris is an intellectual and he can't admit he has been wrong all along.

5. When the group's Sunday afternoon walk is canceled due to rain, and Burris finds himself alone with Frazier and Castle, of what does Burris accuse Frazier?
(a) Of being a tyrant.
(b) Of being a manipulator and despot.
(c) Of being a figurehead.
(d) Of being a Communist.

6. According to Frazier, how do the child-rearing practices affect the development of the children?
(a) The children respect all adults.
(b) The children relate to adults of their choice and are less dependent on their parents.
(c) The children grow up more quickly.
(d) The children have less conflict with their parents.

7. 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) The modern family is not accomplishing its purposes.
(b) It takes a whole community, not just parents, to raise children.
(c) The traditional family is an outdated concept.
(d) The family is weakening in the modern world, and the Walden Two community takes on traditional family roles.

8. When questioned by Burris about young people leaving Walden Two, how does Frazier respond?
(a) He says they are too happy and productive to want to leave.
(b) He says they tell young people all about the world and even give them projects to do about issues in the outside world.
(c) He says they know they cannot do better elsewhere.
(d) He says they are forbidden to leave.

9. Identify the critical features that constitute "the good life", as outline by Frazier.
(a) Freedom, personal success, and family success.
(b) Satisfying relationships, good health, and economic success.
(c) Health, minimal unpleasant work, the opportunity to utilize talents, having satisfying personal relationships, and relaxation.
(d) Fame, fortune, and health.

10. Later in the discussion about failed communal societies, how does Frazier explain their failure?
(a) They believed they were following truth from God or from visions.
(b) They believed they were perfect.
(c) They did not use engineered behavior.
(d) They tried to do too much too soon.

11. 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 its effectiveness has been proven at Walden Two.
(c) He says it conflicts with ideas about self-control.
(d) He says it is more successful than punishment.

12. According to Frazier, how does Walden Two's second generation of members differ from its first?
(a) The first was guided by Frazier's vision, the second by a shared Code.
(b) The first was interested in a simpler way of life, the second to pursue this with more adherence to the Code.
(c) The second generation is raised in Walden Two's culture, but the first generation agreed to the Code.
(d) The second generation agreed to the Code, but the first used trial and error.

13. In the same discussion about family life, what significant difference between traditional marriage and marriage at Walden Two does Frazier explain?
(a) Based on research and experimentation, Walden Two spouses sleep in separate rooms.
(b) Based on research and experimentation, marriages are arranged by the leaders.
(c) Based on research and experimentation, spouses live together before marriage.
(d) Based on research and experimentation, marriages are arranged by parents.

14. How does Frazier respond to Castle's proposal to demonstrate his freedom?
(a) He manipulates Castle to do the opposite of what is in his mind.
(b) He laughs at Castle's silly game.
(c) He allows Castle to prove his point.
(d) He tells Castle it would be a futile exercise.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What new kind of control does Frazier add to the Sunday evening debate about behavior control?

3. When the group's Sunday afternoon is canceled due to rain, what do Steve and Barbara do instead?

4. 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?

5. According to Frazier's explanation, what effect has Walden Two's involvement in politics achieved?

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