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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. Which of the following terms best sums up the approach to decision-making, as described by Frazier to the visitors?
(a) It is a system of cooperation and consensus at the leadership level.
(b) It is a democratic system in which everyone participates equally.
(c) It is a system of decision-making by committees.
(d) It is a system in which the leader makes all the important decisions.

2. In the discussion about socializing children to develop ethics, what is the first lesson that Frazier describes?
(a) They give children sugar-covered lollipops with instructions not to lick them.
(b) They provide toys, which the children cannot touch.
(c) They give children coloring books and crayons, which they are forbidden to use.
(d) They make hungry children watch adults eat their meals.

3. Who is the narrator of Walden Two?
(a) Rogers.
(b) Castle.
(c) Frazier.
(d) Professor Burris.

4. Why does Frazier point this out to the visitors?
(a) It demonstrates the productivity of the sheep.
(b) It demonstrates the ability to control young children.
(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.

5. Why have Rogers and Jamnik come to visit Burris at the beginning of the novel?
(a) To renew old acquaintances.
(b) For advice on their future.
(c) To find out about a utopian society he once mentioned to Rogers.
(d) To invite him to join their group.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frazier invite the men to visit Walden Two?

2. What is the profession of Burris?

3. In the first discussion between Rogers, Burris, and Jamnik, why is Frazier's name introduced?

4. After the visitors complete their first session of window-cleaning, how does Frazier clarify the view that Walden Two is about "getting back to a simpler time"?

5. How are the older children divided into grades at school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why have Steve and Rogers come to visit Burris?

3. According to Frazier, what are the benefits of the system for organizing work?

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

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

6. What are some of the feelings about his work that Burris has while being visited by the two men?

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

8. What kind of celebration does the group observe after tea on the first day of the visit?

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

10. What evidence is there at Walden Two regarding Frazier's idea of a flourishing artistic environment?

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