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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a characteristic of the bureaucracy?
(a) Organizational relationships are permanent.
(b) People occupy a place in the division of labor.
(c) People are free to move from one role to another.
(d) People occupy a place in the vertical hierarchy.

2. What term does Toffler use to describe marriage in the future?
(a) Common-law marriage.
(b) Serial marriage.
(c) Civil union.
(d) Morganatic marriage.

3. What feeling results from the development of Toffler's future culture?
(a) Security.
(b) Power.
(c) Impermanence.
(d) Anxiety.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What needs to change as people adapt to future culture?

3. What is the consequence of the faster pace of things, in Toffler's account?

4. What kind of loyalty are the new kinds of organizations based on?

5. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it valuable for students?

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