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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 was it that attracted immigrants to America, according to Toffler?
(a) The political stability.
(b) The right to free speech.
(c) The fast-paced life.
(d) The freedom from the past.

2. What is NOT a characteristic of the bureaucracy?
(a) People occupy a place in the vertical hierarchy.
(b) People are free to move from one role to another.
(c) Organizational relationships are permanent.
(d) People occupy a place in the division of labor.

3. What does Toffler say has become less important in commuter culture?
(a) Advertising.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Distance and place.

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

5. What is the benefit of cultural transience to manufacturers?
(a) Longer product lives build customer loyalty.
(b) Fewer traditions makes for less loyal customers.
(c) Shorter product lives decrease the cost of materials.
(d) Shorter product lives increase sales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Toffler use to describe the future society?

2. What shift will take place in the future Toffler describes?

3. What kind of lifestyle does Toffler say is characterized by frequent moves?

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

5. How does Toffler describe a job in a bureaucracy?

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