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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do people experience their moral values, in Toffler's future?
(a) As directives.
(b) As temporary values.
(c) As mystical laws.
(d) As legal obligations.

2. What is Toffler's premise in Future Shock?
(a) That there is a limit to how much man can adapt to.
(b) That the future will witness a new stability after years of turmoil and change.
(c) That the future will bring a return of the sins of the early industrialists.
(d) That there will be a collapse after years of prosperity.

3. What is the other effect of increasing rate of change on different age groups?
(a) It increases homogeneity.
(b) It segments the population.
(c) It increases diversity.
(d) It diminishes cultural or regional differences.

4. What fields will spur the movement that affects choice in the future?
(a) Industry.
(b) Religion.
(c) Politics.
(d) Technology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler say about the oceans?

2. Who are the people of the future in Toffler's definition?

3. What is the reason for the shortening of relationships?

4. What does Toffler predict with regard to choice in future culture?

5. What shift does the future bring, in Toffler's account?

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