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

2. What does Toffler propose as a standard for relationships?
(a) Role-based familiarity.
(b) Total involvement.
(c) Multi-generational knowledge.
(d) Personal intimacy.

3. What is happening to the bureaucracy, in Toffler's account?
(a) It is choking off progress.
(b) It is creating unhappiness.
(c) It is institutionalizing inefficiency.
(d) It is breaking down.

4. What does Toffler say distinguishes people in cities from people in towns?
(a) They don't know their neighbors as well.
(b) They don't all shop in the same place.
(c) They don't have the same affection for their environment.
(d) They don't have the same sense of loyalty to the place.

5. How do many people treat change, as Toffler describes it?
(a) They find opportunity in it.
(b) They invite it.
(c) They fight it.
(d) They ignore it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes future shock different than culture shock?

2. Which groups move most often, in Toffler's account?

3. How does Toffler see organizations in the future?

4. What does Toffler say has been a consequence of mobility in Europe?

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

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