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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the social experiences Toffler defines register the development of culture?
(a) They are delayed in time.
(b) They are shunted aside as people spend time in individual pursuits.
(c) They are prevented from following their traditional development.
(d) They are compressed in time, accelerated.

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

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

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

5. How do people learn to be aware of time, as Toffler describes it?
(a) They measure their progress against the seasons.
(b) They keep solar calendars.
(c) They develop "durational expectancies."
(d) They repeat the experiences of their ancestors.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do modern people have to identify?

2. What effect does renting have on people, in Toffler's account?

3. How does Toffler see organizations in the future?

4. How long does Toffler say it now takes for public value systems to change?

5. What was it that attracted immigrants to America, according to Toffler?

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