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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will lead to divorce in the society of the future?
(a) The decline of religion.
(b) The development of digital pornography.
(c) New fertility technologies.
(d) Partners reacting to change differently.

2. Where does culture shock take place, in Toffler's account?
(a) Urban populations.
(b) Foreign travelers.
(c) All modern people.
(d) Developing nations.

3. What is the consequence of people relocating their homes more often in super-industrial culture?
(a) People fear attachment to any one place.
(b) People become super territorial over their possessions.
(c) People are happier when they can find the right place.
(d) People stimulate the economy every time they move.

4. What will changes in agriculture mean for the future Toffler foresees?
(a) Food will be more nutritious.
(b) More processing will be necessary for food.
(c) Fewer workers will be needed.
(d) Food will be poisoned with pesticides.

5. What is causing the revolution in modern society?
(a) Urbanization.
(b) Technology.
(c) Environmental degradation.
(d) High finance.

6. What makes future shock different than culture shock?
(a) Future shock consists of familiar cues being replaced by unfamiliar cues.
(b) Culture shock only happens in modern cultures.
(c) Culture shock only lasts for a generation before assimilation takes place.
(d) Future shock is a cultural condition.

7. What term does Toffler use to describe marriage in the future?
(a) Common-law marriage.
(b) Civil union.
(c) Serial marriage.
(d) Morganatic marriage.

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

9. How does Toffler describe the "modular man's" relationships?
(a) They are limited to specific roles.
(b) They are interchangeable based on roles.
(c) They are replicable from one place to another.
(d) They are optimized for efficiency.

10. What line will industries blur in the future, according to Toffler?
(a) Between public and private.
(b) Between revenue and profit.
(c) Between expenses and deductions.
(d) Between reality and illusion.

11. What term does Toffler use to describe the future society?
(a) Transnational capitalism.
(b) Technological totalitarianism.
(c) Mega-production.
(d) Super-industrialism.

12. What does Toffler propose as a standard for relationships?
(a) Role-based familiarity.
(b) Multi-generational knowledge.
(c) Total involvement.
(d) Personal intimacy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Toffler say is the consequence of fast rates of change?

4. What is NOT a characteristic of the bureaucracy?

5. What does Toffler say Shakespeare would experience today?

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