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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does culture shock take place, in Toffler's account?
(a) Foreign travelers.
(b) Developing nations.
(c) All modern people.
(d) Urban populations.

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

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

4. What is the consequence of the faster pace of things, in Toffler's account?
(a) People see things as disposable.
(b) People learn to respect each other's labor.
(c) People learn to conserve.
(d) People learn to pay what things are worth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What feeling results from the development of Toffler's future culture?

3. What symptom does Toffler describe as an aspect of future shock?

4. Where do people typically migrate, in America?

5. How do the social experiences Toffler defines register the development of culture?

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