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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. During the Sunday evening debate about behavior control, how does Castle try to demonstrate his own freedom?
(a) He suggests that he could decide whether or not to light a fire.
(b) He suggests that with freedom, he could decide to drop or hold a book of matches.
(c) He suggests that he could decide whether or not to say another word.
(d) He suggests that he could decide whether or not to light a match.

2. What does Burris learn from the housewife about how Walden Two finds out if members are happy?
(a) She says a young man comes around once a year to find out if she has needs or complaints.
(b) She says the leaders are uninterested in their happiness.
(c) She says the leaders send out surveys.
(d) She says they are asked to attend Sunday meetings.

3. At lunch after the tour of the medical facilities, what aspects of modern society does Castle suggest are needed at Walden Two?
(a) Governent and religion.
(b) Elections and shared leadership.
(c) Religion and politics.
(d) Government and politics.

4. When the visitors have almost completed their window washing, what is the next assignment for Rogers, Steve, and Burris?
(a) They stack wood behind the theater.
(b) They clean the school.
(c) They refurbish buildings.
(d) They paint the nursery.

5. What is the major difference between the arguments advanced by Castle and those advanced by Frazier?
(a) Castle's arguments are pragmatic while Frazier's are idealistic.
(b) Castle's arguments are weak while Frazier's arguments are strong.
(c) Castle's arguments are forceful while Frazier's arguments are weak.
(d) Castle's arguments are abstract while Frazier's are concrete and practical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the visitors fails to understand why anyone would want to live at Walden Two?

2. According to Frazier's explanation, what effect has Walden Two's involvement in politics achieved?

3. 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?

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

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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. According to Frazier's explanation on the roof, what is the "Good Life"?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What conflicting views about life at Walden Two surface for Rogers and Barbara after they have been exposed to some of the practices like education and family life?

9. 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?

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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