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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were alternative schools formed, in Toffler's account?
(a) To provide people with cheaper education options.
(b) To combat the standardization of education.
(c) To make schools for all girls or all boys.
(d) To provide for religious education.

2. What development will affect how we experience choice in our democracy?
(a) Standardization.
(b) Mechanization.
(c) Urbanization.
(d) Industrialization.

3. What does Toffler say is the real danger we face in the future?
(a) Social networks not being able to keep up with change.
(b) Diseases evolving beyond antibiotics.
(c) Not making plans for what's coming.
(d) Insects developing immunity to pesticides.

4. How do people learn to be aware of time, as Toffler describes it?
(a) They measure their progress against the seasons.
(b) They keep solar calendars.
(c) They develop "durational expectancies."
(d) They repeat the experiences of their ancestors.

5. What effect does Toffler say technology will have on education in the future?
(a) Computerized testing will centralize education.
(b) Curricula will be standardized.
(c) Standardized tests will rule the classrooms.
(d) There will be more alternative schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will not be an option, in Toffler's view of the future?

2. What industries does Toffler say will grow in the economy of the future?

3. What does Toffler say about the oceans?

4. What caused migrations in America, in Toffler's account?

5. Which groups move most often, in Toffler's account?

(see the answer key)

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