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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How has commuting changed in super-industrial culture?
(a) People live longer lives.
(b) People work in more places.
(c) People commute farther.
(d) People change jobs more often.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the future entail in Toffler's account?

2. Where do people typically migrate, in America?

3. Who are the people of the future in Toffler's definition?

4. What makes future shock different than culture shock?

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

(see the answer key)

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