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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do subgroups provide for people?
(a) A haven from the market.
(b) An income and social belonging.
(c) A way to express political opinions.
(d) An antidote for loneliness.

2. How long does Toffler say it now takes for public value systems to change?
(a) Every few generations.
(b) Within a lifetime.
(c) Every few years.
(d) Every few hundred years.

3. What was it that attracted immigrants to America, according to Toffler?
(a) The freedom from the past.
(b) The political stability.
(c) The right to free speech.
(d) The fast-paced life.

4. What characterizes relationships in big cities, in Tommo's opinion?
(a) They are fear-based.
(b) They are genuine.
(c) They are brief.
(d) They are temporary.

5. How does Toffler characterize society's relation with conduct, manners, and language?
(a) As an ad-hocracy.
(b) As a new fascism.
(c) As a cracked consensus.
(d) As a planned obsolescence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening to the bureaucracy, in Toffler's account?

2. What category are more relationships taking place in, according to Toffler?

3. What line will industries blur in the future, according to Toffler?

4. What is the reason for the shortening of relationships?

5. What industries does Toffler say will grow in the economy of the future?

(see the answer key)

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