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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. As Burris returns to his room and meets a housewife nearby, what does he find out from her about Frazier?
(a) She barely knows Frazier.
(b) She is pleased with Frazier's leadership.
(c) She is upset with Frazier's leadership.
(d) She was married to Frazier.

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

3. According to Frazier, how does Walden Two's second generation of members differ from its first?
(a) The first was interested in a simpler way of life, the second to pursue this with more adherence to the Code.
(b) The second generation agreed to the Code, but the first used trial and error.
(c) The first was guided by Frazier's vision, the second by a shared Code.
(d) The second generation is raised in Walden Two's culture, but the first generation agreed to the Code.

4. How is the Code sustained at Walden Two?
(a) The members vote on what should be in it.
(b) Through discussion and reinforcement at Sunday meetings.
(c) The leaders and managers update it regularly.
(d) Frazier updates it regularly.

5. What literary device is evident in the underlying contradiction between Frazier's comments on power and his own involvement in leading Walden Two?
(a) Irony.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Sunday evening debate about behavior control, on what point do Castle and Frazier agree?

2. What does Burris learn from the housewife that he meets on the way to his room, regarding whether she is happy?

3. How is failure treated at Walden Two?

4. 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?

5. According to Frazier, how do the child-rearing practices affect the development of the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Steve and Mary attracted to joining Walden Two?

2. When Castle and Frazier agree that force or threat of force can control behavior, what additions does Frazier make to the discussion?

3. When Burris tries to ask Frazier about communal societies that have failed in the past, how does Frazier respond?

4. How does the conversation that Burris has with a housewife, on his way back to his room from his investigations, confirm his conclusions about Walden Two's members?

5. When Frazier, Burris, and Castle take a walk outside and see a group arriving, what information is given about the growth of the community?

6. How do the views of Castle and Frazier about freedom conflict?

7. Why is Frazier's response to Castle's question about government and politics ironic?

8. When Burris and Frazier are alone after rain destroys the group's plan of an afternoon walk, of what does Burris accuse Frazier, and why?

9. In discussing failed communal societies, what comparisons does Frazier make between them and Walden Two?

10. After hearing extensive reports from Frazier about the members of Walden Two, what does Burris decide to do?

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