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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do subgroups provide for people?
(a) An antidote for loneliness.
(b) A way to express political opinions.
(c) An income and social belonging.
(d) A haven from the market.

2. What does Toffler say people get from mobility?
(a) Status.
(b) Disorientation.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Debt.

3. What was it that attracted immigrants to America, according to Toffler?
(a) The fast-paced life.
(b) The political stability.
(c) The freedom from the past.
(d) The right to free speech.

4. What is affected when a person's life changes?
(a) Their coping mechanisms.
(b) Their psychological adjustment.
(c) Their immune system.
(d) Their digestion.

5. What does Toffler say continual change causes?
(a) The suppressive reaction.
(b) The adaptive reaction.
(c) The aggression reaction.
(d) The orientation response.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the people of the future in Toffler's definition?

3. What needs to change as people adapt to future culture?

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

5. What effect does renting have on people, in Toffler's account?

(see the answer key)

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