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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 future shock result from?
(a) Instability.
(b) Despair.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Over-stimulation.

2. What does Toffler say the future will do to people?
(a) Push them toward the top of the adaptive range.
(b) Change their genetic structure.
(c) Provide for unprecedented numbers of satisfied people.
(d) Reinvent the laws of society.

3. What category are more relationships taking place in, according to Toffler?
(a) Family relationships.
(b) Committed relationships.
(c) Service relationships.
(d) Professional relationships.

4. What shift does the future bring, in Toffler's account?
(a) From agriculture to high-technology.
(b) From industrialism to super-industrialism.
(c) From democracy to totalitarianism.
(d) From industrialism to democracy.

5. What does the automobile contribute to super-industrial culture?
(a) Diminished family loyalty.
(b) More and more industrial waste.
(c) Decreased efficiency.
(d) Increased mobility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of loyalty are the new kinds of organizations based on?

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

3. In what field have some countries tried to move away from giving people free choices?

4. What will not be an option, in Toffler's view of the future?

5. What does Toffler say is the real danger we face in the future?

(see the answer key)

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