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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused migrations in America, in Toffler's account?
(a) The shift from producing to consuming.
(b) The shift from exporting to importing.
(c) The shift from industrialism to super-industrialism.
(d) The rise of the middle class.

2. How do many people treat change, as Toffler describes it?
(a) They invite it.
(b) They ignore it.
(c) They fight it.
(d) They find opportunity in it.

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

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

5. What is the consequence of people relocating their homes more often in super-industrial culture?
(a) People become super territorial over their possessions.
(b) People are happier when they can find the right place.
(c) People fear attachment to any one place.
(d) People stimulate the economy every time they move.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the changes of the future result in, as Toffler describes it?

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

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

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

5. What makes future shock different than culture shock?

(see the answer key)

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