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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fields will spur the movement that affects choice in the future?
(a) Technology.
(b) Industry.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

2. What is Toffler's premise in Future Shock?
(a) That there is a limit to how much man can adapt to.
(b) That there will be a collapse after years of prosperity.
(c) That the future will bring a return of the sins of the early industrialists.
(d) That the future will witness a new stability after years of turmoil and change.

3. What will companies manufacture in Toffler's future?
(a) Experiences.
(b) Social services.
(c) Transportation networks.
(d) Computer devices.

4. What medical developments does Toffler say will result in moral conundrums?
(a) Better joint replacement techniques.
(b) Cancer surgery.
(c) Preventative care techniques.
(d) Organ transplants.

5. What effect does an increasing rate of change have on the differences between age groups?
(a) It emphasizes the differences.
(b) It makes the ages more interdependent.
(c) It isolates the age groups from each other.
(d) It draws the ages together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Toffler say technology will have on education in the future?

2. What does Toffler say has been a consequence of mobility in Europe?

3. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it worthwhile for beach communities?

4. What do "subcults" give the people who belong to them, in Toffler's account?

5. What did Holmes and Rahe find in their study?

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