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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. 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?
(a) Of being a manipulator and despot.
(b) Of being a figurehead.
(c) Of being a tyrant.
(d) Of being a Communist.

2. What views about power does Frazier express in response to Castle's comments?
(a) It is a part of leadership at Walden Two.
(b) It is needed to maintain control.
(c) It corrupts governments.
(d) It is dangerous to freedom.

3. Following the discussion of marriage and child-bearing, what view of the modern world does Frazier use to justify some of the family-oriented practices at Walden Two?
(a) The family is weakening in the modern world, and the Walden Two community takes on traditional family roles.
(b) The traditional family is an outdated concept.
(c) The modern family is not accomplishing its purposes.
(d) It takes a whole community, not just parents, to raise children.

4. What do the visitors who want to join Walden Two have to pass?
(a) Intelligence and aptitude tests.
(b) Physicals and intelligence tests.
(c) Career tests and physicals.
(d) A physical.

5. During the Sunday evening debate about behavior control, on what point do Castle and Frazier agree?
(a) That fear of consequences does control behavior.
(b) That force and the threat of force do control behavior.
(c) That sanctions do control behavior.
(d) That conditioning does control behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the likely reason for the decision of the first two visitors to join Walden Two?

2. In the argument that takes place when the rain causes Burris, Castle, and Frazier to have an extended discussion, what is the major purpose served by Frazier's arguments?

3. Why does Frazier discount the merits of majority vote in the democratic system?

4. At lunch after their tour of medical facilities, Frazier expresses enthusiasm about Walden two. What is he enthusiastic about?

5. How do the child-rearing practices affect the women of Walden Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Walden Two relate to government in the wider society, and what has the method accomplished?

2. How does Frazier justify the emphasis on control at Walden Two?

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

4. What do the motives of Steve and Barbara suggest about the type of persons that Walden Two might attract?

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

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

7. Although Frazier disagrees, does Castle imply that there is indoctrination of young people at Walden Two?

8. How does Castle seek to prove his point about personal freedom, and with what result?

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

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

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