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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shift does the future bring, in Toffler's account?
(a) From industrialism to democracy.
(b) From democracy to totalitarianism.
(c) From agriculture to high-technology.
(d) From industrialism to super-industrialism.

2. What term does Toffler use to describe the future society?
(a) Super-industrialism.
(b) Mega-production.
(c) Technological totalitarianism.
(d) Transnational capitalism.

3. What is causing the revolution in modern society?
(a) High finance.
(b) Technology.
(c) Urbanization.
(d) Environmental degradation.

4. What does Toffler predict men will be able to do?
(a) Farm the ocean floor.
(b) Breathe underwater.
(c) Farm fish.
(d) Replicate plant life.

5. How have careers changed in super-industrial culture?
(a) They have shorter lifespans.
(b) They tend to trap people in one field.
(c) They make people specialists.
(d) They tend to lead to promotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a characteristic of the bureaucracy?

2. In what way is spring break in Ft. Lauderdale exemplary of super-industrial culture?

3. How has commuting changed in super-industrial culture?

4. Which relationship is not one of the relationships Toffler describes as comprising social experience?

5. What techniques had Japan pioneered at the time of Toffler's writing?

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