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

2. What do deeper relationships involve, in Toffler's account?
(a) Genetic similarity.
(b) Interactions with many aspects of a person's personality.
(c) Initiation rituals.
(d) Shared spiritual experience.

3. Where do people typically migrate, in America?
(a) To where there are jobs.
(b) To the suburbs.
(c) To the cities.
(d) To the exurbs.

4. Which groups move most often, in Toffler's account?
(a) Mechanics.
(b) Technical workers.
(c) Doctors and dentists.
(d) Agricultural workers.

5. What feeling results from the development of Toffler's future culture?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Impermanence.
(c) Security.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shift will take place in the future Toffler describes?

2. What does Toffler say has become less important in commuter culture?

3. What characterizes relationships in big cities, in Tommo's opinion?

4. What problem does Toffler describe for professionals in a future society?

5. What will people want in the new economy Toffler imagines?

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