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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Toffler say distinguishes people in cities from people in towns?
(a) They don't have the same affection for their environment.
(b) They don't have the same sense of loyalty to the place.
(c) They don't know their neighbors as well.
(d) They don't all shop in the same place.

2. With whom does a person have medium-term relationships, according to Toffler?
(a) Clerks.
(b) Family.
(c) Barbers.
(d) Neighbors.

3. What will the future entail in Toffler's account?
(a) Destruction and despair.
(b) New rules and new roles.
(c) Turmoil and instability.
(d) Progress and happiness.

4. What needs to change as people adapt to future culture?
(a) People's sense of how long things take.
(b) People's sense of how much work things require.
(c) People's sense of their relations.
(d) People's sense of what things cost.

5. Who are the people of the future in Toffler's definition?
(a) The fast-paced people.
(b) The people who resist the rat-race.
(c) The black sheep of society.
(d) The traditionalists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What category are more relationships taking place in, according to Toffler?

2. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it valuable for students?

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

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

5. What does Toffler propose as a standard for relationships?

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