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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the individual's relationship with the subgroup, in Toffler's account?
(a) He serves as the group's representative wherever he goes.
(b) He identifies with certain characteristics and adapts them to his personality.
(c) He pledges to bring new converts to the subgroup.
(d) He subordinates his ideas to the group's.

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

3. What should people be wary of in new technologies?
(a) Developments that foster totalitarianism.
(b) Developments that make old technologies obsolete.
(c) Developments that contribute to acceleration.
(d) Developments that create inequality.

4. What will the changes of the future result in, as Toffler describes it?
(a) People not having a say in their governments.
(b) People not knowing what makes sense.
(c) People not being able to afford medical care.
(d) People not getting enough food.

5. What industries does Toffler say will grow in the economy of the future?
(a) Experience industries.
(b) Mining.
(c) Tourism.
(d) Oil extraction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler say helps consolidate each identity?

2. What ability is compromised by too much change?

3. What did Holmes and Rahe find in their study of the Navy?

4. What effect does renting have on people, in Toffler's account?

5. What power does society have, to resist advancements?

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