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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. What is ironic about Frazier's stated opposition to political action?
(a) He is involved in political action himself.
(b) Although he says nothing can be achieved through it, his description of Walden Two's political activity shows otherwise.
(c) He has forgotten how he came to be the leader of Walden Two.
(d) He uses the same methods that are used in the wider political system.

2. What does Burris learn from the housewife that he meets on the way to his room, regarding whether she is happy?
(a) She is very happy.
(b) She is not happy.
(c) She is happy sometimes.
(d) She doesn't seem to think about happiness and seems to take it for granted.

3. After his heavy work stacking wood, when Burris talks with Frazier at dinner about communal societies that have failed, what is Frazier's first response?
(a) He asserts that they lacked vision.
(b) He asserts that Walden Two is definitely superior.
(c) He refuses to compare them with Walden Two because he has little knowledge of them.
(d) He asserts that they lacked leadership.

4. In the same discussion about family life, what significant difference between traditional marriage and marriage at Walden Two does Frazier explain?
(a) Based on research and experimentation, spouses live together before marriage.
(b) Based on research and experimentation, Walden Two spouses sleep in separate rooms.
(c) Based on research and experimentation, marriages are arranged by parents.
(d) Based on research and experimentation, marriages are arranged by the leaders.

5. 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?
(a) He is used to defend Walden Two.
(b) He is used to express the author's theories.
(c) He is used to attack communism.
(d) He is used to contradict the author's beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the group's Sunday afternoon is canceled due to rain, what do Steve and Barbara do instead?

3. What does Burris learn from the housewife about how Walden Two finds out if members are happy?

4. What personal attack does Frazier make in response to Castle's observation about Walden Two's lack of politics?

5. According to Frazier, how does Walden Two's second generation of members differ from its first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Frazier's vision for Walden Two?

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

3. When the group sits down to lunch and Castle questions Frazier about government and politics, how does Frazier respond?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. After they have heard about education and child-rearing, what views about family life does Frazier share with the visitors?

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

10. While on the roof, how does Frazier counter Castle's claim that life at Walden Two offers no challenge and lacks moral law?

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