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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will changes in agriculture mean for the future Toffler foresees?
(a) Fewer workers will be needed.
(b) More processing will be necessary for food.
(c) Food will be poisoned with pesticides.
(d) Food will be more nutritious.

2. How do the social experiences Toffler defines register the development of culture?
(a) They are delayed in time.
(b) They are prevented from following their traditional development.
(c) They are compressed in time, accelerated.
(d) They are shunted aside as people spend time in individual pursuits.

3. What will be the most important skill for the education system to teach in Toffler's future?
(a) To predict the direction of change.
(b) To understand the basis of industrial society.
(c) To see the divinity in super-industrial culture's evolution.
(d) To capitalize on change.

4. What shift does the future bring, in Toffler's account?
(a) From democracy to totalitarianism.
(b) From industrialism to super-industrialism.
(c) From industrialism to democracy.
(d) From agriculture to high-technology.

5. What does Toffler say about conduct, manners and language?
(a) They are jeopardized by mass media.
(b) They are standardized by mass media.
(c) There is no broad agreement about them.
(d) They are unique to each individual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has social change created, in Toffler's account?

2. What industry does Toffler cite as an example of Americans' choices?

3. What needs to change as people adapt to future culture?

4. What does Toffler say Shakespeare would experience today?

5. What does Toffler say is the real danger we face in the future?

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