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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do "subcults" give the people who belong to them, in Toffler's account?
(a) An escape from their jobs.
(b) An individual identity.
(c) A way to spend their money.
(d) A way to orient themselves.

2. How does Toffler describe a person's choices in the future?
(a) Compelled.
(b) Abundant.
(c) Eliminated.
(d) Limited.

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

4. What does Toffler say distinguishes people in cities from people in towns?
(a) They don't have the same affection for their environment.
(b) They don't know their neighbors as well.
(c) They don't have the same sense of loyalty to the place.
(d) They don't all shop in the same place.

5. What techniques had Japan pioneered at the time of Toffler's writing?
(a) Whaling.
(b) Living underwater.
(c) Using bacteria in food production.
(d) Mapping underwater resources.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What development will affect how we experience choice in our democracy?

4. What effect does an increasing rate of change have on the differences between age groups?

5. What is the right amount of change called?

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