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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were alternative schools formed, in Toffler's account?
(a) To provide for religious education.
(b) To combat the standardization of education.
(c) To provide people with cheaper education options.
(d) To make schools for all girls or all boys.

2. What ability is compromised by too much change?
(a) The ability to act rationally.
(b) The ability to tell right from wrong.
(c) The ability to follow orders.
(d) The ability to follow the law.

3. How has the grouping of adults changed in recent times, according to Toffler?
(a) Demographic analysis has taken a holistic approach of all ages as interrelated.
(b) Demographics have focused on regions, not ages.
(c) There are more age groups.
(d) Marketers have identified overlapping interests between different age groups.

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

5. 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) It will be legal not biological.
(d) Children will be monitored more closely at schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Toffler use to describe marriage in the future?

2. How long does Toffler say it now takes for public value systems to change?

3. With whom do modern people have to identify?

4. What term does Toffler use to describe the future society?

5. What feeling results from the development of Toffler's future culture?

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