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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Toffler foresee with regard to the oceans?
(a) Underwater cities.
(b) Undersea warfare.
(c) Tsunamis.
(d) Environmental degradation.

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

4. Who are the people of the future in Toffler's definition?
(a) The black sheep of society.
(b) The fast-paced people.
(c) The traditionalists.
(d) The people who resist the rat-race.

5. How does Toffler see organizations in the future?
(a) As the salvation of the masses.
(b) As a new class of citizens.
(c) As something that turns men into cogs.
(d) As the apotheosis for individuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a characteristic of the bureaucracy?

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

3. What does Toffler predict men will be able to do?

4. What does Toffler say is the real danger we face in the future?

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

(see the answer key)

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