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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Toffler see organizations in the future?
(a) As the salvation of the masses.
(b) As a new class of citizens.
(c) As something that turns men into cogs.
(d) As the apotheosis for individuality.

2. What shift will take place in the future Toffler describes?
(a) From blue-collar to white-collar.
(b) From second-shift to third shift.
(c) From white-collar to blue-collar.
(d) From first-shift to second-shift.

3. Who are the people of the future in Toffler's definition?
(a) The traditionalists.
(b) The black sheep of society.
(c) The fast-paced people.
(d) The people who resist the rat-race.

4. What makes future shock different than culture shock?
(a) Future shock is a cultural condition.
(b) Culture shock only lasts for a generation before assimilation takes place.
(c) Culture shock only happens in modern cultures.
(d) Future shock consists of familiar cues being replaced by unfamiliar cues.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How have careers changed in super-industrial culture?

2. What is the consequence of people relocating their homes more often in super-industrial culture?

3. What does Toffler propose as a standard for relationships?

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

5. Where do people typically migrate, in America?

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