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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What industries does Toffler say will grow in the economy of the future?
(a) Mining.
(b) Experience industries.
(c) Oil extraction.
(d) Tourism.

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

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

4. Which groups move most often, in Toffler's account?
(a) Technical workers.
(b) Mechanics.
(c) Doctors and dentists.
(d) Agricultural workers.

5. What techniques had Japan pioneered at the time of Toffler's writing?
(a) Whaling.
(b) Mapping underwater resources.
(c) Living underwater.
(d) Using bacteria in food production.

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

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

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

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

10. What is the benefit of cultural transience to manufacturers?
(a) Fewer traditions makes for less loyal customers.
(b) Longer product lives build customer loyalty.
(c) Shorter product lives decrease the cost of materials.
(d) Shorter product lives increase sales.

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

12. How does Toffler describe a job in a bureaucracy?
(a) A series of organizational problems to solve.
(b) A reciprocal relationship with an organization that participates in the worker's development.
(c) An unchanging role with a fixed set of expectations.
(d) A flexible role within a developing organization.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Toffler say technology will change pregnancy?

2. What does Toffler say distinguishes people in cities from people in towns?

3. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it worthwhile for beach communities?

4. What term does Toffler use to describe marriage in the future?

5. What caused migrations in Europe, in Toffler's account?

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