Future Shock Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 112 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Future Shock Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the automobile contribute to super-industrial culture?
(a) Decreased efficiency.
(b) More and more industrial waste.
(c) Diminished family loyalty.
(d) Increased mobility.

2. What makes future shock different than culture shock?
(a) Future shock is a cultural condition.
(b) Culture shock only lasts for a generation before assimilation takes place.
(c) Future shock consists of familiar cues being replaced by unfamiliar cues.
(d) Culture shock only happens in modern cultures.

3. What will the future entail in Toffler's account?
(a) New rules and new roles.
(b) Turmoil and instability.
(c) Progress and happiness.
(d) Destruction and despair.

4. What does Toffler say has become less important in commuter culture?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Advertising.
(d) Distance and place.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the consequence of people relocating their homes more often in super-industrial culture?

2. What was it that attracted immigrants to America, according to Toffler?

3. What problem does Toffler describe for professionals in a future society?

4. What is the consequence of high mobility, according to Toffler?

5. What will the changes of the future result in, as Toffler describes it?

(see the answer key)

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