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

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

3. What does Toffler call the worker in the new organization?
(a) Fraternal man.
(b) Family man.
(c) Corporate man.
(d) Associative man.

4. Where does culture shock take place, in Toffler's account?
(a) All modern people.
(b) Developing nations.
(c) Urban populations.
(d) Foreign travelers.

5. What animals have been used in underwater research?
(a) Dolphins.
(b) Squid.
(c) Cod.
(d) Shrimp.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What characterizes relationships in big cities, in Tommo's opinion?

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

4. What effect does renting have on people, in Toffler's account?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the modular man?

2. How is future shock different than culture shock?

3. What will change mean for the people of the future, in Toffler's account?

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

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

6. How does the rate of change affect professionals?

7. How does Toffler say commuting has affected the future society?

8. What is the effect of the economics of transience?

9. What does Toffler say is the danger of high technology?

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

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