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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Toffler call the decision to change lifestyle?
(a) A super-decision.
(b) The malady of transience.
(c) An important decision.
(d) A life-or-death decision.

2. How does Toffler see organizations in the future?
(a) As the salvation of the masses.
(b) As something that turns men into cogs.
(c) As a new class of citizens.
(d) As the apotheosis for individuality.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is someone supposed to do once they choose their identity?

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

3. What will happen to the current economic model in the future Toffler imagines?

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

5. What does Toffler use as an example of companies of the future?

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