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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What will happen to the current economic model in the future Toffler imagines?
(a) It will adapt to the new environment.
(b) It will not be applicable.
(c) It will cause turmoil as it dies out in the future.
(d) It will cause tension and conflict with the new model.

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

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

5. What feeling results from the development of Toffler's future culture?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Power.
(c) Impermanence.
(d) Security.

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

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

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

9. 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 are happier when they can find the right place.
(c) People become super territorial over their possessions.
(d) People stimulate the economy every time they move.

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

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

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

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

14. Who are the people of the future in Toffler's definition?
(a) The people who resist the rat-race.
(b) The black sheep of society.
(c) The traditionalists.
(d) The fast-paced people.

15. What do deeper relationships involve, in Toffler's account?
(a) Initiation rituals.
(b) Interactions with many aspects of a person's personality.
(c) Genetic similarity.
(d) Shared spiritual experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which groups move most often, in Toffler's account?

2. What does Toffler say people get from mobility?

3. What does Toffler call the new management class?

4. What will lead to divorce in the society of the future?

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

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