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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 form temporary relationships.
(d) Students get a degree of freedom they don't have anywhere else.

3. What does Toffler say about conduct, manners and language?
(a) There is no broad agreement about them.
(b) They are unique to each individual.
(c) They are jeopardized by mass media.
(d) They are standardized by mass media.

4. 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 series of organizational problems to solve.
(d) A reciprocal relationship with an organization that participates in the worker's development.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What remedy might the family have against the pressures of future culture?

2. What does the amount of change in an organization contribute to, according to Toffler?

3. How will parenthood change in the future Toffler sees?

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

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

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