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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the economics of transience?
(a) Replacing things is cheaper than repairing them.
(b) Educating children increases a family's future income.
(c) Building temporary housing instead of long-term buildings.
(d) Investing in the market pays better dividends than saving.

2. What will changes in agriculture mean for the future Toffler foresees?
(a) Food will be more nutritious.
(b) Food will be poisoned with pesticides.
(c) Fewer workers will be needed.
(d) More processing will be necessary for food.

3. What does Toffler foresee with regard to the oceans?
(a) Environmental degradation.
(b) Tsunamis.
(c) Undersea warfare.
(d) Underwater cities.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Toffler say technology will change pregnancy?

2. Where do people typically migrate, in America?

3. What does Toffler say is the real danger we face in the future?

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

5. What does Toffler predict men will be able to do?

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