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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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 a different experience.
(c) The beach is an escape.
(d) The beach is a place to study.

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

8. What remedy might the family have against the pressures of future culture?
(a) More educational options.
(b) More mobility.
(c) More leisure time.
(d) More disposable income.

9. 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.

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

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

12. What caused migrations in Europe, in Toffler's account?
(a) The expansion of the middle class.
(b) The shift from natural to clock time.
(c) The shift from agriculture to manufacturing.
(d) The shift from agriculture to industrial society.

13. What shift does the future bring, in Toffler's account?
(a) From democracy to totalitarianism.
(b) From industrialism to super-industrialism.
(c) From industrialism to democracy.
(d) From agriculture to high-technology.

14. How does Toffler describe future shock?
(a) As a transformative agent.
(b) As an opportunity.
(c) As a disease.
(d) As a temporary condition.

15. What will companies manufacture in Toffler's future?
(a) Transportation networks.
(b) Social services.
(c) Experiences.
(d) Computer devices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What industries does Toffler say will grow in the economy of the future?

2. What will be the new influence on the economy of the future?

3. What characterizes relationships in big cities, in Tommo's opinion?

4. What feeling results from the development of Toffler's future culture?

5. How do the social experiences Toffler defines register the development of culture?

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