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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. 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"?
(a) He explains that the objective is to reduce hard labor, use technology, and create leisure.
(b) The objective is to reduce work and improve relationships.
(c) The objective is to increase physical and spiritual activity.
(d) The objective is to increase physical work and improve health.

2. How do Walden Two's communication practices differ from the outside world?
(a) Events are announced at meal times.
(b) A Town Crier communicates necessary information.
(c) Young people take around flyers about upcoming events.
(d) Performance and events are listed on bulletin boards instead of splashy advertisements.

3. After observing the behavior of children left behind by those going on a picnic, how do Castle and Barbara respond to Frazier's explanations about emotional expression?
(a) They believe it is excellent training.
(b) They object.
(c) They are confused.
(d) They decide to leave Walden Two immediately.

4. What event does Burris find listed on a bulletin board?
(a) A dance.
(b) A performance of Bach's Mass in B Minor.
(c) An auction.
(d) A talent show.

5. What approach to psychology is reflected in this first activity that is observed by the visitors?
(a) Behaviorism.
(b) Management Psychology.
(c) Personality Psychology.
(d) Abnormal Psychology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During their first discussion, what does Burris decide to do after the men have spoken about Frazier?

3. As the visitors go to their first dinner, where do they observe many of Walden Two's members gathering?

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

5. Who is in charge of the nursery visited by the group?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author humanize Frazier in the description of the birthday party?

2. What advertising practices does Walden Two observe?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is work organized at Walden Two?

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