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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. Which relationship is not one of the relationships Toffler describes as comprising social experience?
(a) People.
(b) Places.
(c) Morals.
(d) Organizations.

2. What does the automobile contribute to super-industrial culture?
(a) More and more industrial waste.
(b) Diminished family loyalty.
(c) Increased mobility.
(d) Decreased efficiency.

3. What kind of loyalty are the new kinds of organizations based on?
(a) Loyalty to the nation.
(b) Loyalty to the profession.
(c) Loyalty to the business.
(d) Loyalty to the boss.

4. What does Toffler say has been a consequence of mobility in Europe?
(a) Political instability.
(b) Spiritual stagnation.
(c) Worker shortages.
(d) Economic expansion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the economics of transience?

2. What makes future shock different than culture shock?

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

4. What does Toffler propose as a standard for relationships?

5. What contributes to the high rate of change in organizations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the modular man?

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

3. How does technology and specialization affect occupations?

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

5. What did migration mean in Europe and in America?

6. How does future shock manifest?

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

8. How has home-relocation affected the future society?

9. How will products and services be different in the new economy?

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

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