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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following features are included in the systems of work and leadership outlined by Frazier in his description of Walden Two?
(a) Shared work and experimentation.
(b) Use of expertise, shared work, and experimentation.
(c) Use of experiments.
(d) Scientific management and management of resources.

2. 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.

3. How is the Code sustained at Walden Two?
(a) Frazier updates it regularly.
(b) The leaders and managers update it regularly.
(c) The members vote on what should be in it.
(d) Through discussion and reinforcement at Sunday meetings.

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

5. In response to Frazier's assertions about keeping young people at Walden Two, Castle indirectly suggests that the practice is like indoctrination. What is the literary device used by the author in Castle's response?
(a) Transferred epithet.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Sarcasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. At their first dinner, Frazier explains that Walden Two never has crowds. What is the explanation for this?

2. What is problematic about Rogers' desire to embrace the Walden Two lifestyle?

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

4. According to Frazier, how do the child-rearing practices affect the development of the children?

5. Who is in charge of the nursery visited by the group?

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