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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reason for the shortening of relationships?
(a) Mechanization.
(b) Finance.
(c) Urbanization.
(d) Transportation.

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

3. What does Toffler say about the oceans?
(a) That they have not been mapped.
(b) That they will destroy civilization.
(c) That they limit the expansion of human societies.
(d) That they will rise.

4. What does Toffler say Shakespeare would experience today?
(a) He would be appalled by how we treat peasants.
(b) He would understand only half of our words.
(c) He would not be surprised by anything.
(d) He would not recognize nature in our language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling characterizes the person who lives in what Toffler calls the fast lane?

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

3. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it worthwhile for beach communities?

4. What medical developments does Toffler say will result in moral conundrums?

5. What will changes in agriculture mean for the future Toffler foresees?

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