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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does a person get from how they choose their identity?
(a) A religion.
(b) A job.
(c) A career.
(d) A lifestyle.

3. How have careers changed in super-industrial culture?
(a) They have shorter lifespans.
(b) They make people specialists.
(c) They tend to trap people in one field.
(d) They tend to lead to promotion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the method people use to cope with future shock?

2. What happens when a group's experience is above the adaptive range?

3. What does change require from a person's physiology?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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