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

2. 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"?
(a) He explains that the objective is to reduce hard labor, use technology, and create leisure.
(b) The objective is to increase physical and spiritual activity.
(c) The objective is to reduce work and improve relationships.
(d) The objective is to increase physical work and improve health.

3. Who is the first member of Walden Two that Frazier allows the group to meet?
(a) Mrs. Frazier.
(b) Mrs. Meyerson.
(c) Mr. Mullings.
(d) Mr. Bryson.

4. What is the highest level of community leadership at Walden Two?
(a) The Chief of the Community, who is Frazier.
(b) The Community Action Board.
(c) The Management Board.
(d) The Board of Planners.

5. When Roger and Barbara join the others for breakfast, how does Barbara stand out from the visitors?
(a) Barbara does not eat breakfast.
(b) They all serve themselves breakfast, but Roger brings Barbara hers.
(c) Barbara leaves the group and eats by herself.
(d) Barbara brings Roger his breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frazier invite the men to visit Walden Two?

2. After their tour of the dairy, when Mrs. Meyerson joins the group, what tradition involving young couples do the visitors observe?

3. What aspect of Walden Two's philosophy is reflected in the gallery of pictures which Burris stops to admire on the way to their first tea?

4. After Burris selects what he wants to do from the bulletin board, what do Mary and Steve decide to do instead?

5. What do the visitors learn about Walden Two's method of keeping babies healthy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects of Walden Two's practices do the visitors observe at dinner?

2. What is the philosophy of Walden Two about leisure?

3. After breakfast, what do the visitors observe that involves children and babies?

4. What is the narrative perspective of the novel, and why does the author choose it?

5. As the visit progresses to the next morning, what tensions emerge among the visitors themselves?

6. After the visit to the schools, what do the visitors discover about child-bearing practices at Walden Two and the advantages of the approach used?

7. When the visitors observe some children going off on a picnic and raise questions about jealousy, what explanations do they receive?

8. As Castle observes the nursery, what is he concerned about and how is his concern addressed?

9. Are there any disadvantages to eliminating harmful emotions?

10. What advertising practices does Walden Two observe?

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