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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Burris smokes in the garden, what thought occurs to him about the impact of his visit to Walden Two?

2. As Burris returns to his room and meets a housewife nearby, what does he find out from her about Frazier?

3. How does Frazier respond to Castle's proposal to demonstrate his freedom?

4. According to Frazier, how does Walden Two overcome the weaknesses of democracy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. As he seeks verification of the happiness of Walden Two's members, what groups does Burris encounter and what does he conclude?

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

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

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

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. 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?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Walden Two is more a debate on ideologies than it is a novel; therefore the author pays no attention to plot, character and themes. Making reference to specific evidence from the novel, discuss this view.

Essay Topic 2

Select one of the scenes in which the author involves Castle, Burris, and Frazier in a heated argument. Discuss in detail the contribution made by the selected scene to action, suspense, tension, and conflict or its resolution in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the view that Walden Two is a vehicle through which Skinner destroys rather than vindicates the validity of alternative or Utopian communities.

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