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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What medical developments does Toffler say will result in moral conundrums?
(a) Better joint replacement techniques.
(b) Preventative care techniques.
(c) Organ transplants.
(d) Cancer surgery.

2. What does Toffler say is distorted in over-stimulated people?
(a) Their religiousness.
(b) Their creativity.
(c) Their perception of reality.
(d) Their sense of injustice.

3. What does Toffler predict men will be able to do?
(a) Farm the ocean floor.
(b) Farm fish.
(c) Replicate plant life.
(d) Breathe underwater.

4. What will the changes of the future result in, as Toffler describes it?
(a) People not knowing what makes sense.
(b) People not having a say in their governments.
(c) People not being able to afford medical care.
(d) People not getting enough food.

5. How does Toffler say the future should be greeted?
(a) With wariness.
(b) With unconditional acceptance.
(c) With despair.
(d) With equipoise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Toffler use to describe the future society?

2. Who should test new technologies before they can be accepted into society?

3. What remedy might the family have against the pressures of future culture?

4. What does Toffler propose as a method for dealing with future shock?

5. What does future shock result from?

(see the answer key)

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