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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. How does Frazier respond to Castle's expression of horror at the practices with the children?
2. What do babies sleep on in Walden Two?
3. On their way to their first activity on the morning after they participate in entertainment, what do the visitors observe?
4. What activities does Frazier plan for the group after breakfast on the morning after their leisure activities?
5. Why have Rogers and Jamnik come to visit Burris at the beginning of the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the narrative perspective of the novel, and why does the author choose it?
2. Why is Frazier responsive to requests for visits from the "failed" outside world to his new society?
3. What is the philosophy of Walden Two about leisure?
4. As the visit progresses to the next morning, what tensions emerge among the visitors themselves?
5. What explanations does Mrs. Nash give the visitors about bringing up babies at Walden Two?
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. What advertising practices does Walden Two observe?
8. After a tour of the dairy, what two traditions of Walden Two do the visitors observe?
9. What are the deficiencies of Walden Two's system of government?
10. When the visitors observe some children going off on a picnic and raise questions about jealousy, what explanations do they receive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Walden Two's approaches to marriage, child-bearing, child-rearing, and relationships between the sexes.
Essay Topic 2
The novel takes place almost exclusively in one setting - the confines of Walden Two. What are the limitations caused by this single setting, and what techniques does the writer use to overcome such limitations?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the evolution of the adversarial relationship between Castle and Frazier, and comment on the role played by this relationship in the novel.
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