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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the attitude of Walden Two towards the importance of mother love in the lives of babies?
(a) It is not a necessity.
(b) They get it from daily visits with their mothers.
(c) They get it from the entire community.
(d) They get it by being isolated from everyone except their mothers.

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

3. What do the visitors learn at dinner about how the management of meals contributes to avoidance of crowds at Walden Two?
(a) Meals are taken to individual living quarters.
(b) Meals are served throughout the day.
(c) Meals are served to be taken away.
(d) Meals are served at different locations.

4. In the first discussion between Rogers, Burris, and Jamnik, why is Frazier's name introduced?
(a) Frazier is also in the army.
(b) Burris knows Frazier.
(c) Jamnik has read an article about Frazier's community.
(d) Frazier is a colleague of Rogers.

5. How does the group of visitors manage the first work assignment of window-cleaning?
(a) They are unaccustomed to this work, so they do not do well.
(b) Burris is inefficient and uncomfortable, but they get through the work.
(c) They have no difficulty adjusting to physical work.
(d) They get through a good deal of the work in two hours, but Barbara is inefficient and uncomfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the visitors take their first walk around Walden Two, what does Frazier explain to the visitors about the buildings?

2. Where are babies kept in the early stages of life at Walden Two?

3. What aspect of Walden Two's philosophy is reflected in the gallery of pictures which Burris stops to admire on the way to their first tea?

4. What activities does Frazier plan for the group after breakfast on the morning after their leisure activities?

5. Why is Mrs. Nash confused when Castle asks about jealousy as he observes some children leaving from a picnic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the philosophy of Walden Two about leisure?

2. Why is Frazier responsive to requests for visits from the "failed" outside world to his new society?

3. After breakfast, what do the visitors observe that involves children and babies?

4. What does the conversation about jealousy give Frazier the opportunity to do, and how do Barbara and Castle respond?

5. What aspects of Walden Two's practices do the visitors observe at dinner?

6. After a tour of the dairy, what two traditions of Walden Two do the visitors observe?

7. What are the deficiencies of Walden Two's system of government?

8. As the novel begins, how does Rogers explain to Burris the need that he and Steve are experiencing?

9. As the visit progresses to the next morning, what tensions emerge among the visitors themselves?

10. What is the narrative perspective of the novel, and why does the author choose it?

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