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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is causing the revolution in modern society?
(a) Technology.
(b) Environmental degradation.
(c) Urbanization.
(d) High finance.

2. What animals have been used in underwater research?
(a) Shrimp.
(b) Squid.
(c) Dolphins.
(d) Cod.

3. Who are a man's colleagues in the new kind of organization?
(a) His competitors.
(b) His professional peers.
(c) Co-workers.
(d) His subordinates.

4. What is the consequence of the faster pace of things, in Toffler's account?
(a) People learn to pay what things are worth.
(b) People learn to respect each other's labor.
(c) People learn to conserve.
(d) People see things as disposable.

5. What is the danger in society's rate of change, in Toffler's opinion?
(a) That it might leave certain classes behind.
(b) That it might create a new split between classes.
(c) That it might create the opportunity for totalitarianism.
(d) That it might be faster than man can handle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler predict will come out of genetics?

2. What did Holmes and Rahe find in their study?

3. How does Toffler describe a person's choices in the future?

4. How often does the orientation response occur?

5. What is NOT a characteristic of the bureaucracy?

(see the answer key)

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