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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Toffler describe the "modular man's" relationships?
(a) They are interchangeable based on roles.
(b) They are limited to specific roles.
(c) They are optimized for efficiency.
(d) They are replicable from one place to another.

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

3. What feeling characterizes the person who lives in what Toffler calls the fast lane?
(a) Transience.
(b) Tradition.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Spirituality.

4. What is leading the super-industrial revolution?
(a) Government deregulation.
(b) Distribution channels.
(c) Scientific technology.
(d) Free trade associations.

5. What does Toffler predict will come out of genetics?
(a) Cut-throat pharmaceutical companies.
(b) Cloning.
(c) Wars over intellectual property.
(d) Medical gene therapies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of loyalty are the new kinds of organizations based on?

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

3. What does Toffler say is the consequence of fast rates of change?

4. What does Toffler call the worker in the new organization?

5. What is happening to the bureaucracy, in Toffler's account?

(see the answer key)

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