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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 is the individual's relationship with the subgroup, in Toffler's account?
(a) He identifies with certain characteristics and adapts them to his personality.
(b) He serves as the group's representative wherever he goes.
(c) He pledges to bring new converts to the subgroup.
(d) He subordinates his ideas to the group's.

2. What does Toffler say is distorted in over-stimulated people?
(a) Their religiousness.
(b) Their creativity.
(c) Their perception of reality.
(d) Their sense of injustice.

3. What does Toffler call modern people who live in tropical climates?
(a) Victims of future shock.
(b) Dropouts.
(c) The avant-garde.
(d) Schizophrenics.

4. What development will affect how we experience choice in our democracy?
(a) Mechanization.
(b) Industrialization.
(c) Standardization.
(d) Urbanization.

5. What is technology based on in the West, in Toffler's account?
(a) Efficiency.
(b) The common good.
(c) Profit.
(d) Cost-benefit calculation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fields will spur the movement that affects choice in the future?

2. What must men do as they face the coming changes, in Toffler's account?

3. What do people need to develop for the coming future, in Toffler's opinion?

4. What can government agencies do to measure change?

5. What measure would Toffler like to be able to use on society?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does change affect people's health?

2. How does Toffler say victims of future shock deal with their situation?

3. How can future shock be prevented?

4. What will the place of enclaves be in future society?

5. What does an individual need to do to prepare for the future and avoid future shock?

6. What physical systems does Toffler associate with illness from change?

7. What does a subcult give a person?

8. What purpose do subcults serve?

9. How would Toffler design curricula for the future education system?

10. What did Holmes and Rahe find in their study?

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