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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Toffler say people get from mobility?
(a) Status.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Disorientation.
(d) Debt.

3. What shift does the future bring, in Toffler's account?
(a) From industrialism to super-industrialism.
(b) From industrialism to democracy.
(c) From agriculture to high-technology.
(d) From democracy to totalitarianism.

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

5. Which groups move most often, in Toffler's account?
(a) Doctors and dentists.
(b) Technical workers.
(c) Agricultural workers.
(d) Mechanics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the economics of transience?

4. What will changes in agriculture mean for the future Toffler foresees?

5. How has commuting changed in super-industrial culture?

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