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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) Urban populations.
(b) Developing nations.
(c) All modern people.
(d) Foreign travelers.

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

3. How does Toffler describe future shock?
(a) As an opportunity.
(b) As a disease.
(c) As a transformative agent.
(d) As a temporary condition.

4. With whom does a person have medium-term relationships, according to Toffler?
(a) Family.
(b) Neighbors.
(c) Barbers.
(d) Clerks.

5. What contributes to the high rate of change in organizations?
(a) Mergers.
(b) Mortgages.
(c) Mobility.
(d) Mechanization.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What needs to change as people adapt to future culture?

3. What does Toffler say distinguishes people in cities from people in towns?

4. What symptom does Toffler describe as an aspect of future shock?

5. What does Toffler call the new management class?

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