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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does culture shock take place, in Toffler's account?
(a) Foreign travelers.
(b) Developing nations.
(c) All modern people.
(d) Urban populations.

2. How have careers changed in super-industrial culture?
(a) They have shorter lifespans.
(b) They make people specialists.
(c) They tend to lead to promotion.
(d) They tend to trap people in one field.

3. What category are more relationships taking place in, according to Toffler?
(a) Family relationships.
(b) Committed relationships.
(c) Service relationships.
(d) Professional relationships.

4. How does Toffler describe a job in a bureaucracy?
(a) A series of organizational problems to solve.
(b) A reciprocal relationship with an organization that participates in the worker's development.
(c) A flexible role within a developing organization.
(d) An unchanging role with a fixed set of expectations.

5. What kind of lifestyle does Toffler say is characterized by frequent moves?
(a) Middle-class lifestyle.
(b) Corporate lifestyle.
(c) Manual laborer lifestyle.
(d) Illegal immigrant lifestyle.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the economics of transience?

4. What is the consequence of high mobility, according to Toffler?

5. How has commuting changed in super-industrial culture?

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