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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way is spring break in Ft. Lauderdale exemplary of super-industrial culture?
(a) Students destroy the environment and leave.
(b) Students get to experiment with their personalities.
(c) Students get a degree of freedom they don't have anywhere else.
(d) Students form temporary relationships.

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

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

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

5. What will not be an option, in Toffler's view of the future?
(a) Implanting embryos in the uterus.
(b) Returning to the past.
(c) Keeping up with the pace of change.
(d) Manipulating genes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT a characteristic of the bureaucracy?

3. Which relationship is not one of the relationships Toffler describes as comprising social experience?

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

5. What kind of lifestyle does Toffler say is characterized by frequent moves?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Toffler say commuting has affected the future society?

2. What is the effect of the economics of transience?

3. What is the role of the organization in the future society?

4. What is the effect of the acceleration of information?

5. What does Toffler foresee in the technology of fertility treatments?

6. How will super-industrialism change the economics of society?

7. How does future shock manifest?

8. How will super-industrialism affect the family?

9. What does Toffler foresee in terms of exploring the ocean?

10. What is the effect of urbanization on relationships?

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