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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which relationship is not one of the relationships Toffler describes as comprising social experience?
(a) Organizations.
(b) Places.
(c) People.
(d) Morals.

3. How has the grouping of adults changed in recent times, according to Toffler?
(a) Marketers have identified overlapping interests between different age groups.
(b) Demographics have focused on regions, not ages.
(c) There are more age groups.
(d) Demographic analysis has taken a holistic approach of all ages as interrelated.

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

5. Who are a man's colleagues in the new kind of organization?
(a) His competitors.
(b) His professional peers.
(c) Co-workers.
(d) His subordinates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will be the new influence on the economy of the future?

2. What is causing the revolution in modern society?

3. What does the automobile contribute to super-industrial culture?

4. What will companies manufacture in Toffler's future?

5. What development will affect how we experience choice in our democracy?

(see the answer key)

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