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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. How does Walden Two meet its production needs when members work a relatively short work day?
(a) The size of the community permits this.
(b) Workers from the nearby farms give assistance.
(c) The labor force includes adolescents and women.
(d) The lifestyle does not require more.

2. Why does the author expand the visiting group to include these members?
(a) To make the visit more economical.
(b) To present responses to Walden Two that reflect diverse perspectives.
(c) To make the visit more interesting.
(d) To satisfy the requirements of Frazier.

3. How are new leaders and managers chosen at Walden Two?
(a) Frazier selects the high-level leaders and they choose managers.
(b) Frazier appoints a selection board each year.
(c) The members of the highest leadership group choose their successors, and managers work up to their positions.
(d) The Community Action Board chooses new leaders and managers.

4. What is the point of view in which Walden Two is written?
(a) Third person objective.
(b) Second person.
(c) Omniscient author.
(d) First person narrative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Early in their tour of Walden Two, the visitors learn that children do not eat with adults in the main dining room until a certain age. What age is this?

2. Whose ideas for a perfect society are reflected in the structure and operations of 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. According to Frazier's description of the school system, what is the priority in teaching at Walden Two?

5. Which of the following features are included in the systems of work and leadership outlined by Frazier in his description of Walden Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advertising practices does Walden Two observe?

2. Why does the author expand the group that will visit Walden Two?

3. What is the significance of the sheep that Frazier points out to the group early in their visit?

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

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

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

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

8. How is work organized at Walden Two?

9. What three examples does Frazier give of methods used to teach children ethical behavior?

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

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