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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would be the outcome of government agencies' involvement in change management?
(a) Snapshots of a society's values.
(b) Tools for dealing with change.
(c) Models that predict human behavior in the future.
(d) Evaluative criteria for different effects on society.

2. What will be the new influence on the economy of the future?
(a) New human needs.
(b) New methods of production.
(c) New forms of payment.
(d) New financial mechanisms.

3. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it worthwhile for beach communities?
(a) Student energy.
(b) Influx of talent and intellect.
(c) Student spending.
(d) Student volunteers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler say the future will do to people?

2. What will be the benefit of a set of descriptive indices?

3. What will happen to the current economic model in the future Toffler imagines?

4. How do people learn to be aware of time, as Toffler describes it?

5. What measure would Toffler like to be able to use on society?

(see the answer key)

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