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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will be the new influence on the economy of the future?
(a) New forms of payment.
(b) New human needs.
(c) New financial mechanisms.
(d) New methods of production.

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

3. What category are more relationships taking place in, according to Toffler?
(a) Professional relationships.
(b) Family relationships.
(c) Committed relationships.
(d) Service relationships.

4. What will the changes of the future result in, as Toffler describes it?
(a) People not knowing what makes sense.
(b) People not being able to afford medical care.
(c) People not having a say in their governments.
(d) People not getting enough food.

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

6. What does Toffler say is the real danger we face in the future?
(a) Social networks not being able to keep up with change.
(b) Insects developing immunity to pesticides.
(c) Diseases evolving beyond antibiotics.
(d) Not making plans for what's coming.

7. What effect does renting have on people, in Toffler's account?
(a) Shortens the man-thing relationship.
(b) Diminishes nationalism.
(c) Intensifies the territorial instincts.
(d) Deemphasizes the territorial instinct.

8. What was it that attracted immigrants to America, according to Toffler?
(a) The right to free speech.
(b) The fast-paced life.
(c) The freedom from the past.
(d) The political stability.

9. What does Toffler say is the consequence of fast rates of change?
(a) Wider distribution of wealth.
(b) Shorter organizational lifespans.
(c) Greater pressure to adapt.
(d) Sharper competitive edge.

10. What does Toffler say has become less important in commuter culture?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Distance and place.
(d) Marriage.

11. What caused migrations in America, in Toffler's account?
(a) The shift from industrialism to super-industrialism.
(b) The shift from exporting to importing.
(c) The shift from producing to consuming.
(d) The rise of the middle class.

12. How does Toffler see organizations in the future?
(a) As something that turns men into cogs.
(b) As a new class of citizens.
(c) As the apotheosis for individuality.
(d) As the salvation of the masses.

13. What kind of lifestyle does Toffler say is characterized by frequent moves?
(a) Corporate lifestyle.
(b) Manual laborer lifestyle.
(c) Illegal immigrant lifestyle.
(d) Middle-class lifestyle.

14. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it valuable for students?
(a) The beach is a place to apply their learning.
(b) The beach is an escape.
(c) The beach is a place to study.
(d) The beach is a different experience.

15. What will people want in the new economy Toffler imagines?
(a) Psychic gratification.
(b) Constant stimulation.
(c) Durable products.
(d) New forms of leisure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is causing the revolution in modern society?

2. What is leading the super-industrial revolution?

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

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

5. How does Toffler describe future shock?

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