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

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 prevented from following their traditional development.
(c) They are delayed in time.
(d) They are shunted aside as people spend time in individual pursuits.

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

3. How has the grouping of adults changed in recent times, according to Toffler?
(a) Demographic analysis has taken a holistic approach of all ages as interrelated.
(b) Demographics have focused on regions, not ages.
(c) Marketers have identified overlapping interests between different age groups.
(d) There are more age groups.

4. What makes future shock different than culture shock?
(a) Future shock consists of familiar cues being replaced by unfamiliar cues.
(b) Culture shock only happens in modern cultures.
(c) Future shock is a cultural condition.
(d) Culture shock only lasts for a generation before assimilation takes place.

5. What will products contain in the future Toffler imagines?
(a) Smart technology.
(b) Embedded identifying chips.
(c) Personalized appearance.
(d) Psychological extras.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does culture shock take place, in Toffler's account?

2. What category are more relationships taking place in, according to Toffler?

3. What will companies manufacture in Toffler's future?

4. What does the amount of change in an organization contribute to, according to Toffler?

5. How does Toffler see organizations in the future?

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