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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What category are more relationships taking place in, according to Toffler?
(a) Committed relationships.
(b) Service relationships.
(c) Professional relationships.
(d) Family relationships.

2. With whom does a person have medium-term relationships, according to Toffler?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Clerks.
(c) Family.
(d) Barbers.

3. How does Toffler describe the "modular man's" relationships?
(a) They are limited to specific roles.
(b) They are optimized for efficiency.
(c) They are replicable from one place to another.
(d) They are interchangeable based on roles.

4. What do people need to develop for the coming future, in Toffler's opinion?
(a) Mechanisms for coping with change.
(b) Laws for resisting accelerative change.
(c) Technology for protecting the environment from change.
(d) Religion for teaching people how to act.

5. What does Toffler propose as a standard for relationships?
(a) Role-based familiarity.
(b) Total involvement.
(c) Multi-generational knowledge.
(d) Personal intimacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is spring break in Ft. Lauderdale exemplary of super-industrial culture?

2. Where does the process of preparing for the future begin, according to Toffler?

3. What does Toffler say the future will do to people?

4. In what field have some countries tried to move away from giving people free choices?

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

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