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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should schools reflect, in Toffler's future?
(a) Totalitarianism.
(b) The Ad-Hocracy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Technocracy.

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

3. What does Toffler predict with regard to choice in future culture?
(a) The consolidation of interests in political parties.
(b) The negation of standardization.
(c) The association of like interests.
(d) The interchangeability of people and government roles.

4. How does Toffler describe a person's choices in the future?
(a) Eliminated.
(b) Compelled.
(c) Abundant.
(d) Limited.

5. What is happening to the bureaucracy, in Toffler's account?
(a) It is choking off progress.
(b) It is creating unhappiness.
(c) It is breaking down.
(d) It is institutionalizing inefficiency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Toffler say familiar objects have on people?

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

3. What is someone supposed to do once they choose their identity?

4. Why does Toffler say that adapting to change will ultimately be impossible?

5. What should people be wary of in new technologies?

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