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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of lifestyle does Toffler say is characterized by frequent moves?
(a) Manual laborer lifestyle.
(b) Middle-class lifestyle.
(c) Corporate lifestyle.
(d) Illegal immigrant lifestyle.

2. In what way is spring break in Ft. Lauderdale exemplary of super-industrial culture?
(a) Students destroy the environment and leave.
(b) Students form temporary relationships.
(c) Students get a degree of freedom they don't have anywhere else.
(d) Students get to experiment with their personalities.

3. What industries does Toffler say will grow in the economy of the future?
(a) Experience industries.
(b) Mining.
(c) Tourism.
(d) Oil extraction.

4. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it valuable for students?
(a) The beach is a place to apply their learning.
(b) The beach is an escape.
(c) The beach is a place to study.
(d) The beach is a different experience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Toffler describe a job in a bureaucracy?

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

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

4. What remedy might the family have against the pressures of future culture?

5. What makes future shock different than culture shock?

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