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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the economics of transience?
(a) Educating children increases a family's future income.
(b) Replacing things is cheaper than repairing them.
(c) Investing in the market pays better dividends than saving.
(d) Building temporary housing instead of long-term buildings.

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

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

5. What term does Toffler use to describe the future society?
(a) Transnational capitalism.
(b) Technological totalitarianism.
(c) Super-industrialism.
(d) Mega-production.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it worthwhile for beach communities?

2. What is the consequence of the faster pace of things, in Toffler's account?

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

4. What shift does the future bring, in Toffler's account?

5. What caused migrations in America, in Toffler's account?

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