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

2. How do people learn to be aware of time, as Toffler describes it?
(a) They measure their progress against the seasons.
(b) They develop "durational expectancies."
(c) They keep solar calendars.
(d) They repeat the experiences of their ancestors.

3. How do the social experiences Toffler defines register the development of culture?
(a) They are prevented from following their traditional development.
(b) They are delayed in time.
(c) They are shunted aside as people spend time in individual pursuits.
(d) They are compressed in time, accelerated.

4. What does Toffler use as an example of companies of the future?
(a) Club med.
(b) Bank of America.
(c) Goldman Sachs.
(d) Exxon.

5. What will the future entail in Toffler's account?
(a) Progress and happiness.
(b) New rules and new roles.
(c) Destruction and despair.
(d) Turmoil and instability.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animals have been used in underwater research?

3. Where does culture shock take place, in Toffler's account?

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

5. What is the economics of transience?

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