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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes future shock different than culture shock?
(a) Culture shock only happens in modern cultures.
(b) Culture shock only lasts for a generation before assimilation takes place.
(c) Future shock is a cultural condition.
(d) Future shock consists of familiar cues being replaced by unfamiliar cues.

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

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

4. What feeling results from the development of Toffler's future culture?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Impermanence.
(c) Power.
(d) Security.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does culture shock take place, in Toffler's account?

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

3. What caused migrations in America, in Toffler's account?

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

5. What problem does Toffler describe for professionals in a future society?

(see the answer key)

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