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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) He refuses to compare them with Walden Two because he has little knowledge of them.
(b) He asserts that they lacked leadership.
(c) He asserts that they lacked vision.
(d) He asserts that Walden Two is definitely superior.

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

3. Who is responsible for Walden Two's relationship to government in the wider society?
(a) The Ombudsman.
(b) Frazier.
(c) The Political Manager.
(d) The Delegate.

4. What does Burris learn from the housewife about how Walden Two finds out if members are happy?
(a) She says they are asked to attend Sunday meetings.
(b) She says a young man comes around once a year to find out if she has needs or complaints.
(c) She says the leaders are uninterested in their happiness.
(d) She says the leaders send out surveys.

5. According to Frazier's explanation of behavior theory, what two contradictory forces occur simultaneously when it is applied?
(a) Free will and obedience.
(b) Freedom and dictatorship.
(c) Freedom and tyranny.
(d) Freedom and control.

6. What is a Fascist?
(a) Someone who fights any form of organized politics.
(b) Someone who believes in an offshoot of communism.
(c) Someone who believes in a mixture of democracy and communism.
(d) Someone who believes in or supports radical, authoritatian national politics.

7. Which one of the visitors fails to understand why anyone would want to live at Walden Two?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Steve.
(c) Mary.
(d) Castle.

8. As the debate continues, how do Castle and Frazier differ in their views of democracy?
(a) Castle says it is a perfect system, while Frazier says it's a proven failure.
(b) Castle says it is useful, although it has weaknesses; Frazier says its flaws far outweigh its virtues.
(c) Castle says it is inevitable while Frazier says it's on the decline.
(d) Castle says it is necessary while Frazier says it is a fraud.

9. Why does Frazier discount the merits of majority vote in the democratic system?
(a) The majority are really the pawns of a few politicians.
(b) The majority can overturn what is best for society.
(c) The majority can be misguided.
(d) The majority can become oppressors of the minority.

10. 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.

11. On the same Sunday evening when Castle and Frazier argue about using a science of behavior to control behavior, how does Frazier justify its necessity?
(a) He says that without it, people would be controlled by less benevolent forces such as politicians and salesmen.
(b) He says that without it there would be disorder.
(c) He says that without it the world has no chance of improvement.
(d) He says leaders have always controlled the behavior of followers.

12. What personal attack does Frazier make in response to Castle's observation about Walden Two's lack of politics?
(a) He asserts that Walden Two does more for good citizenship and world peace than Castle.
(b) He says Castle shouldn't speak because he was in the war.
(c) He says Castle is just too dumb to understand the system.
(d) He says Castle would never be allowed in Walden Two again because he is negative.

13. After the dinner at which Burris and Frazier discuss failed communal societies, where do they hear from Frazier about the "Good Life"?
(a) The theater.
(b) The tea room.
(c) The roof.
(d) The walkway.

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

15. 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 figurehead.
(b) Of being a Communist.
(c) Of being a manipulator and despot.
(d) Of being a tyrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the first visitors to decide on joining Walden Two?

2. To what does Frazier relate his theory of behavior?

3. What is the role of the person who is responsible for Walden Two's relationship to government in the wider society?

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

5. What literary device is evident in the underlying contradiction between Frazier's comments on power and his own involvement in leading Walden Two?

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