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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling characterizes the person who lives in what Toffler calls the fast lane?
(a) Tradition.
(b) Transience.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Spirituality.

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

3. What caused migrations in Europe, in Toffler's account?
(a) The shift from agriculture to manufacturing.
(b) The shift from natural to clock time.
(c) The expansion of the middle class.
(d) The shift from agriculture to industrial society.

4. What does the automobile contribute to super-industrial culture?
(a) Decreased efficiency.
(b) More and more industrial waste.
(c) Increased mobility.
(d) Diminished family loyalty.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What needs to change as people adapt to future culture?

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

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

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