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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it valuable for students?
(a) The beach is a place to study.
(b) The beach is a different experience.
(c) The beach is an escape.
(d) The beach is a place to apply their learning.

2. What happens when a group's experience is above the adaptive range?
(a) Reactionary violence.
(b) Problems of distortion.
(c) Decline in membership.
(d) Shift toward messianism.

3. How will parenthood change in the future Toffler sees?
(a) Parents will have to be certified.
(b) Babies will be property of the state.
(c) Children will be monitored more closely at schools.
(d) It will be legal not biological.

4. What caused migrations in America, in Toffler's account?
(a) The rise of the middle class.
(b) The shift from exporting to importing.
(c) The shift from producing to consuming.
(d) The shift from industrialism to super-industrialism.

5. What term does Toffler use to describe marriage in the future?
(a) Morganatic marriage.
(b) Common-law marriage.
(c) Civil union.
(d) Serial marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler use as an example of companies of the future?

2. What medical developments does Toffler say will result in moral conundrums?

3. Why were alternative schools formed, in Toffler's account?

4. What is the behavioral consequence of the psychological effects of change?

5. What makes future shock different than culture shock?

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