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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 adapt to the new environment.
(d) It will cause tension and conflict with the new model.

3. What does Toffler say distinguishes people in cities from people in towns?
(a) They don't have the same affection for their environment.
(b) They don't know their neighbors as well.
(c) They don't all shop in the same place.
(d) They don't have the same sense of loyalty to the place.

4. What does Toffler say is the real danger we face in the future?
(a) Diseases evolving beyond antibiotics.
(b) Insects developing immunity to pesticides.
(c) Not making plans for what's coming.
(d) Social networks not being able to keep up with change.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What industries does Toffler say will grow in the economy of the future?

2. What is the benefit of cultural transience to manufacturers?

3. What techniques had Japan pioneered at the time of Toffler's writing?

4. What does Toffler propose as a standard for relationships?

5. How does Toffler describe the "modular man's" relationships?

Short Essay Questions

1. How will products and services be different in the new economy?

2. What is the effect of urbanization on relationships?

3. What did migration mean in Europe and in America?

4. What is the effect of the acceleration of information?

5. What are the three characteristics of bureaucracy, in Toffler's account?

6. How does Toffler describe deeper relationships?

7. How does transience affect modern society?

8. How does technology and specialization affect occupations?

9. What is the role of the organization in the future society?

10. Describe the importance of the automobile in the super-industrial society.

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