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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What will not be an option, in Toffler's view of the future?
(a) Manipulating genes.
(b) Returning to the past.
(c) Implanting embryos in the uterus.
(d) Keeping up with the pace of change.

3. What is the consequence of the faster pace of things, in Toffler's account?
(a) People learn to pay what things are worth.
(b) People learn to conserve.
(c) People learn to respect each other's labor.
(d) People see things as disposable.

4. What is happening to the bureaucracy, in Toffler's account?
(a) It is institutionalizing inefficiency.
(b) It is creating unhappiness.
(c) It is choking off progress.
(d) It is breaking down.

5. What is NOT a characteristic of the bureaucracy?
(a) Organizational relationships are permanent.
(b) People occupy a place in the vertical hierarchy.
(c) People occupy a place in the division of labor.
(d) People are free to move from one role to another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler say Shakespeare would experience today?

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

3. What is the consequence of high mobility, according to Toffler?

4. What does Toffler say has been a consequence of mobility in Europe?

5. What is leading the super-industrial revolution?

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