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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What factors determine the most common form of entertainment at Walden Two?
(a) Cost and time to organize it.
(b) Talent and time.
(c) Cost, transportation, and the amount of trouble involved.
(d) The members of the community vote on what they want to do.

2. Identify the critical features that constitute "the good life", as outline by Frazier.
(a) Fame, fortune, and health.
(b) Health, minimal unpleasant work, the opportunity to utilize talents, having satisfying personal relationships, and relaxation.
(c) Freedom, personal success, and family success.
(d) Satisfying relationships, good health, and economic success.

3. As Burris investigates the happiness of Walden Two members, what complaint does he overhear?
(a) He hears about lack of freedom.
(b) He hears about poor planning.
(c) He hears about boredom.
(d) He hears about tyranny.

4. How is failure treated at Walden Two?
(a) Persons who fail have to go back to school.
(b) Persons who fail are moved to different jobs and if this continues, they see a psychologist.
(c) Persons who fail are asked to leave the community.
(d) Persons who fail are channelled into different types of work.

5. How do Walden Two's communication practices differ from the outside world?
(a) Young people take around flyers about upcoming events.
(b) Events are announced at meal times.
(c) Performance and events are listed on bulletin boards instead of splashy advertisements.
(d) A Town Crier communicates necessary information.

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence does Frazier cite to support his argument about the impact of leisure on Walden Two?

2. What is the impact on Burris when he participates in his chosen form of entertainment?

3. Later in the discussion about failed communal societies, how does Frazier explain their failure?

4. After the observation of the new arrivals, when Burris questions Frazier about the example of an aggressive adolescent, how does Frazier suggest that this would be handled at Walden Two?

5. After the visitors complete their first session of window-cleaning, how does Frazier clarify the view that Walden Two is about "getting back to a simpler time"?

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