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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms best sums up the approach to decision-making, as described by Frazier to the visitors?
(a) It is a system of decision-making by committees.
(b) It is a system in which the leader makes all the important decisions.
(c) It is a system of cooperation and consensus at the leadership level.
(d) It is a democratic system in which everyone participates equally.

2. How does Frazier respond to Castle's expression of horror at the practices with the children?
(a) He says the practices help the children control their behavior.
(b) He says these are controlled frustrations for good ends, unlike the ones children normally face.
(c) He says he believes in the methods because they worked in his own childhood.
(d) He says the children are admired everywhere because of their behavior.

3. At their first dinner, Frazier explains that Walden Two never has crowds. What is the explanation for this?
(a) People are free to wander and not many people want to do the same thing at the same time, so they are at different places.
(b) Work is allocated in shifts to keep people busy.
(c) The entire community is very small.
(d) There is nowhere for a crowd to gather.

4. What assumption does Walden Two make about how to build resistance in babies?
(a) They should be introduced to frustration and illness slowly.
(b) They should only interact with their mothers.
(c) They should only be fed on organic foods.
(d) They should be quarantined.

5. How does the rearing of Walden Two children up to three-years-old compare with that of babies?
(a) Their playing and sleeping arrangements are the same.
(b) Their sleeping arrangements are the same.
(c) Their health care is the same.
(d) They all receive inoculations and eat only organic food.

6. What do babies sleep on in Walden Two?
(a) Foam covered wood.
(b) Easily cleaned stretched plastic that provides comfort and eliminates cleaning.
(c) Wooden slats with sponges.
(d) Cotton sheets.

7. What is the impact on Burris when he participates in his chosen form of entertainment?
(a) He is not convinced that Walden Two has the potential for a Golden Age.
(b) He is overcome with the idea of a Golden Age.
(c) He agrees with Frazier's philosophy.
(d) He believes Fraizer's ideas are unrealistic.

8. Why does the author expand the visiting group to include these members?
(a) To make the visit more interesting.
(b) To present responses to Walden Two that reflect diverse perspectives.
(c) To satisfy the requirements of Frazier.
(d) To make the visit more economical.

9. As far as men and women are concerned, which of the following best sums up the way Frazier describes the allocation of work at Walden Two?
(a) Women take care of their children and work in the kitchen.
(b) Men do leadership and scientific work, while women do housework.
(c) There appears to be little difference in the allocation of work between men and women.
(d) Men participate actively in child-rearing.

10. How are the older children divided into grades at school?
(a) According to age.
(b) There are no grades.
(c) According to reading ability.
(d) According to their test scores.

11. What is the most advanced exercise for children to learn ethics?
(a) Half of the children wait half-an-hour, while the other half go on eating.
(b) Half of the children wait for five minutes while the other half go on eating.
(c) Some children must skip one meal while others eat.
(d) Children must feed their peers without getting food for themselves.

12. What is the first significant activity at Walden Two that Frazier points out to the visitors on the first day of their visit?
(a) Spouses being trained to make their marriages work.
(b) A group of children trained to resist lollipops.
(c) Adolescents being trained for early marriage.
(d) A herd of sheep trained to move in the required way.

13. In the first discussion between Rogers, Burris, and Jamnik, why is Frazier's name introduced?
(a) Burris knows Frazier.
(b) Frazier is a colleague of Rogers.
(c) Frazier is also in the army.
(d) Jamnik has read an article about Frazier's community.

14. What is the point of view in which Walden Two is written?
(a) Second person.
(b) First person narrative.
(c) Omniscient author.
(d) Third person objective.

15. After Burris selects what he wants to do from the bulletin board, what do Mary and Steve decide to do instead?
(a) They go to the theater.
(b) They go to a bowling alley.
(c) They go to a dance.
(d) They go to a movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are babies kept in the early stages of life at Walden Two?

2. How does the group of visitors manage the first work assignment of window-cleaning?

3. Apart from artwork in the gallery, what other type of artistic activity is referred to in the first part of the visitors' tour of Walden Two?

4. According to Frazier's description of the school system, what is the priority in teaching at Walden Two?

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

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