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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way is spring break in Ft. Lauderdale exemplary of super-industrial culture?
(a) Students get to experiment with their personalities.
(b) Students destroy the environment and leave.
(c) Students get a degree of freedom they don't have anywhere else.
(d) Students form temporary relationships.

2. What does Toffler say is the consequence of fast rates of change?
(a) Shorter organizational lifespans.
(b) Sharper competitive edge.
(c) Greater pressure to adapt.
(d) Wider distribution of wealth.

3. What does Toffler say has become less important in commuter culture?
(a) Distance and place.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Loyalty.

4. What does Toffler say people get from mobility?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Status.
(c) Debt.
(d) Disorientation.

5. What is the consequence of high mobility, according to Toffler?
(a) Non-involvement in the community.
(b) Class consolidation in the suburbs.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Political involvement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the economics of transience?

2. Where do people typically migrate, in America?

3. What makes future shock different than culture shock?

4. What is the benefit of cultural transience to manufacturers?

5. Who are a man's colleagues in the new kind of organization?

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