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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Toffler describe future shock?
(a) As an opportunity.
(b) As a disease.
(c) As a transformative agent.
(d) As a temporary condition.

2. What remedy might the family have against the pressures of future culture?
(a) More leisure time.
(b) More educational options.
(c) More mobility.
(d) More disposable income.

3. What does Toffler predict with regard to choice in future culture?
(a) The association of like interests.
(b) The consolidation of interests in political parties.
(c) The negation of standardization.
(d) The interchangeability of people and government roles.

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

5. What effect does renting have on people, in Toffler's account?
(a) Intensifies the territorial instincts.
(b) Shortens the man-thing relationship.
(c) Deemphasizes the territorial instinct.
(d) Diminishes nationalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were alternative schools formed, in Toffler's account?

2. What is leading the super-industrial revolution?

3. Who are a man's colleagues in the new kind of organization?

4. What symptom does Toffler describe as an aspect of future shock?

5. How does Toffler characterize society's relation with conduct, manners, and language?

(see the answer key)

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