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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Toffler describe future shock?
(a) As an opportunity.
(b) As a transformative agent.
(c) As a disease.
(d) As a temporary condition.

2. What shift will take place in the future Toffler describes?
(a) From second-shift to third shift.
(b) From first-shift to second-shift.
(c) From white-collar to blue-collar.
(d) From blue-collar to white-collar.

3. What does Toffler call the new management class?
(a) Technocracy.
(b) Bureaucracy.
(c) Ad-Hocracy.
(d) Totalitarianism.

4. What will changes in agriculture mean for the future Toffler foresees?
(a) Food will be poisoned with pesticides.
(b) More processing will be necessary for food.
(c) Food will be more nutritious.
(d) Fewer workers will be needed.

5. What does Toffler say distinguishes people in cities from people in towns?
(a) They don't all shop in the same place.
(b) They don't have the same affection for their environment.
(c) They don't have the same sense of loyalty to the place.
(d) They don't know their neighbors as well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do people typically migrate, in America?

2. What needs to change as people adapt to future culture?

3. Who are the people of the future in Toffler's definition?

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

5. What is the other effect of increasing rate of change on different age groups?

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