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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will not be an option, in Toffler's view of the future?
(a) Implanting embryos in the uterus.
(b) Keeping up with the pace of change.
(c) Returning to the past.
(d) Manipulating genes.

2. What contributes to the high rate of change in organizations?
(a) Mechanization.
(b) Mortgages.
(c) Mobility.
(d) Mergers.

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

4. What will products contain in the future Toffler imagines?
(a) Smart technology.
(b) Psychological extras.
(c) Embedded identifying chips.
(d) Personalized appearance.

5. What does Toffler use as an example of companies of the future?
(a) Bank of America.
(b) Goldman Sachs.
(c) Club med.
(d) Exxon.

6. What does Toffler say Shakespeare would experience today?
(a) He would not recognize nature in our language.
(b) He would be appalled by how we treat peasants.
(c) He would understand only half of our words.
(d) He would not be surprised by anything.

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

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

9. In what way is spring break in Ft. Lauderdale exemplary of super-industrial culture?
(a) Students get a degree of freedom they don't have anywhere else.
(b) Students form temporary relationships.
(c) Students get to experiment with their personalities.
(d) Students destroy the environment and leave.

10. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it worthwhile for beach communities?
(a) Student volunteers.
(b) Student energy.
(c) Student spending.
(d) Influx of talent and intellect.

11. What is the reason for the shortening of relationships?
(a) Finance.
(b) Mechanization.
(c) Urbanization.
(d) Transportation.

12. What animals have been used in underwater research?
(a) Dolphins.
(b) Squid.
(c) Shrimp.
(d) Cod.

13. What medical developments does Toffler say will result in moral conundrums?
(a) Better joint replacement techniques.
(b) Cancer surgery.
(c) Preventative care techniques.
(d) Organ transplants.

14. What symptom does Toffler describe as an aspect of future shock?
(a) Ennui.
(b) Disorientation.
(c) Despair.
(d) Weltschmerz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler say has been a consequence of mobility in Europe?

2. What does Toffler foresee with regard to the oceans?

3. Who are a man's colleagues in the new kind of organization?

4. What is causing the revolution in modern society?

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

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