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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do people typically migrate, in America?
(a) To the suburbs.
(b) To the exurbs.
(c) To where there are jobs.
(d) To the cities.

2. Who are a man's colleagues in the new kind of organization?
(a) His competitors.
(b) Co-workers.
(c) His professional peers.
(d) His subordinates.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler say people get from mobility?

2. What will not be an option, in Toffler's view of the future?

3. How have careers changed in super-industrial culture?

4. Which groups move most often, in Toffler's account?

5. What is the consequence of people relocating their homes more often in super-industrial culture?

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