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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people need to develop for the coming future, in Toffler's opinion?
(a) Religion for teaching people how to act.
(b) Laws for resisting accelerative change.
(c) Mechanisms for coping with change.
(d) Technology for protecting the environment from change.

2. What was it that attracted immigrants to America, according to Toffler?
(a) The political stability.
(b) The right to free speech.
(c) The fast-paced life.
(d) The freedom from the past.

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

4. What do subgroups provide for people?
(a) An antidote for loneliness.
(b) An income and social belonging.
(c) A haven from the market.
(d) A way to express political opinions.

5. What is technology based on in the West, in Toffler's account?
(a) Cost-benefit calculation.
(b) Efficiency.
(c) Profit.
(d) The common good.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a person get from how they choose their identity?

2. What do deeper relationships involve, in Toffler's account?

3. What kind of lifestyle does Toffler say is characterized by frequent moves?

4. What will be the new influence on the economy of the future?

5. What animals have been used in underwater research?

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