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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will products contain in the future Toffler imagines?
(a) Psychological extras.
(b) Personalized appearance.
(c) Smart technology.
(d) Embedded identifying chips.

2. What is the consequence of people relocating their homes more often in super-industrial culture?
(a) People stimulate the economy every time they move.
(b) People are happier when they can find the right place.
(c) People become super territorial over their possessions.
(d) People fear attachment to any one place.

3. What fields will spur the movement that affects choice in the future?
(a) Industry.
(b) Politics.
(c) Technology.
(d) Religion.

4. What caused migrations in Europe, in Toffler's account?
(a) The shift from natural to clock time.
(b) The shift from agriculture to manufacturing.
(c) The expansion of the middle class.
(d) The shift from agriculture to industrial society.

5. What does future shock result from?
(a) Over-stimulation.
(b) Instability.
(c) Despair.
(d) Loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of spring break does Toffler say makes it worthwhile for beach communities?

2. What is happening to the bureaucracy, in Toffler's account?

3. What will people want in the new economy Toffler imagines?

4. What is the economics of transience?

5. What is the other effect of increasing rate of change on different age groups?

(see the answer key)

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