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

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

3. What part of change can be manipulated to prevent or mitigate future shock?
(a) Legal statutes.
(b) People's behaviors.
(c) Market behaviors.
(d) Technological advances.

4. What does Toffler say Shakespeare would experience today?
(a) He would understand only half of our words.
(b) He would not recognize nature in our language.
(c) He would be appalled by how we treat peasants.
(d) He would not be surprised by anything.

5. What does Toffler foresee with regard to the oceans?
(a) Tsunamis.
(b) Underwater cities.
(c) Environmental degradation.
(d) Undersea warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes future shock different than culture shock?

2. How does Toffler say technology will change pregnancy?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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