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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Toffler foresee with regard to the oceans?
(a) Underwater cities.
(b) Undersea warfare.
(c) Tsunamis.
(d) Environmental degradation.

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

3. What does Toffler say has been a consequence of mobility in Europe?
(a) Economic expansion.
(b) Worker shortages.
(c) Political instability.
(d) Spiritual stagnation.

4. What does Toffler say people get from mobility?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Disorientation.
(c) Debt.
(d) Status.

5. 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) Manipulating genes.
(d) Returning to the past.

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

7. What problem does Toffler describe for professionals in a future society?
(a) They will have more and more power in their fields.
(b) They will not be able to keep up with changes.
(c) Their industries will become obsolete.
(d) They will shrink in size as a social class.

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

9. What is happening to the bureaucracy, in Toffler's account?
(a) It is choking off progress.
(b) It is institutionalizing inefficiency.
(c) It is creating unhappiness.
(d) It is breaking down.

10. What is leading the super-industrial revolution?
(a) Scientific technology.
(b) Free trade associations.
(c) Distribution channels.
(d) Government deregulation.

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

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

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

14. What does Toffler predict men will be able to do?
(a) Replicate plant life.
(b) Breathe underwater.
(c) Farm the ocean floor.
(d) Farm fish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for the shortening of relationships?

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

3. What is causing the revolution in modern society?

4. How do many people treat change, as Toffler describes it?

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

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