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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the amount of change in an organization contribute to, according to Toffler?
(a) Greater wealth.
(b) High suicide rates.
(c) Social mobility.
(d) Shorter-duration relationships.

2. What line will industries blur in the future, according to Toffler?
(a) Between reality and illusion.
(b) Between public and private.
(c) Between expenses and deductions.
(d) Between revenue and profit.

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

4. What effect does renting have on people, in Toffler's account?
(a) Shortens the man-thing relationship.
(b) Intensifies the territorial instincts.
(c) Diminishes nationalism.
(d) Deemphasizes the territorial instinct.

5. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it valuable for students?
(a) The beach is a different experience.
(b) The beach is a place to apply their learning.
(c) The beach is an escape.
(d) The beach is a place to study.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of loyalty are the new kinds of organizations based on?

2. What does Toffler say about conduct, manners and language?

3. What is the individual's relationship with the subgroup, in Toffler's account?

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

5. How do the social experiences Toffler defines register the development of culture?

(see the answer key)

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