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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the benefit of cultural transience to manufacturers?
(a) Fewer traditions makes for less loyal customers.
(b) Shorter product lives increase sales.
(c) Longer product lives build customer loyalty.
(d) Shorter product lives decrease the cost of materials.

2. How have careers changed in super-industrial culture?
(a) They have shorter lifespans.
(b) They tend to lead to promotion.
(c) They make people specialists.
(d) They tend to trap people in one field.

3. How do people experience their moral values, in Toffler's future?
(a) As mystical laws.
(b) As temporary values.
(c) As directives.
(d) As legal obligations.

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

5. What feeling characterizes the person who lives in what Toffler calls the fast lane?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Transience.
(d) Tradition.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do modern people have to identify?

2. What does Toffler say distinguishes people in cities from people in towns?

3. What does Toffler say helps consolidate each identity?

4. What will the future entail in Toffler's account?

5. What term does Toffler use to describe the future society?

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