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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How has commuting changed in super-industrial culture?
(a) People commute farther.
(b) People work in more places.
(c) People live longer lives.
(d) People change jobs more often.

3. What does the accelerative thrust of society require, in Toffler's account?
(a) Nutritional supplements.
(b) Faster decision-making.
(c) More healing time.
(d) Strong family.

4. What does Toffler say continual change causes?
(a) The adaptive reaction.
(b) The aggression reaction.
(c) The suppressive reaction.
(d) The orientation response.

5. What does Toffler propose as a standard for relationships?
(a) Multi-generational knowledge.
(b) Total involvement.
(c) Role-based familiarity.
(d) Personal intimacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What industries does Toffler say will grow in the economy of the future?

2. What does a person get from how they choose their identity?

3. What does Toffler say is the consequence of fast rates of change?

4. What did Holmes and Rahe find in their study?

5. What characterizes relationships in big cities, in Tommo's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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