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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What feeling results from the development of Toffler's future culture?
(a) Security.
(b) Power.
(c) Impermanence.
(d) Anxiety.

4. Who are a man's colleagues in the new kind of organization?
(a) His competitors.
(b) Co-workers.
(c) His professional peers.
(d) His subordinates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will be the new influence on the economy of the future?

2. How will parenthood change in the future Toffler sees?

3. What will happen to the current economic model in the future Toffler imagines?

4. What does Toffler say subgroups compete for?

5. What do deeper relationships involve, in Toffler's account?

(see the answer key)

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