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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What shift will take place in the future Toffler describes?
(a) From white-collar to blue-collar.
(b) From first-shift to second-shift.
(c) From blue-collar to white-collar.
(d) From second-shift to third shift.

4. Which groups move most often, in Toffler's account?
(a) Doctors and dentists.
(b) Technical workers.
(c) Mechanics.
(d) Agricultural workers.

5. What effect does renting have on people, in Toffler's account?
(a) Deemphasizes the territorial instinct.
(b) Shortens the man-thing relationship.
(c) Diminishes nationalism.
(d) Intensifies the territorial instincts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused migrations in Europe, in Toffler's account?

2. What problem does Toffler describe for professionals in a future society?

3. What term does Toffler use to describe the future society?

4. What caused migrations in America, in Toffler's account?

5. How do people learn to be aware of time, as Toffler describes it?

(see the answer key)

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