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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 do people need to develop for the coming future, in Toffler's opinion?
(a) Mechanisms for coping with change.
(b) Laws for resisting accelerative change.
(c) Technology for protecting the environment from change.
(d) Religion for teaching people how to act.

2. Where else does Toffler see evidence of the psychology of over-stimulation?
(a) Disaster survivors.
(b) Commuters.
(c) New parents.
(d) Orphans.

3. What ability is compromised by too much change?
(a) The ability to follow the law.
(b) The ability to tell right from wrong.
(c) The ability to follow orders.
(d) The ability to act rationally.

4. What effect does Toffler say technology will have on education in the future?
(a) Computerized testing will centralize education.
(b) Curricula will be standardized.
(c) Standardized tests will rule the classrooms.
(d) There will be more alternative schools.

5. How has super-industrial culture changed the financial system?
(a) By separating the worker classes from the management class.
(b) By making new investment vehicles.
(c) By encouraging people to invest.
(d) By encouraging large amounts of debt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what field have some countries tried to move away from giving people free choices?

2. What evidence does Toffler use for his characterization of his society?

3. What is NOT a symptom of future shock?

4. What does Toffler say about conduct, manners and language?

5. What does Toffler say is the consequence of too much change?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Toffler use as examples of victims of over-stimulation and future shock?

2. How does change affect people's health?

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

4. What does Toffler say the future will bring for individuals?

5. What is the danger of change in a super-industrial culture?

6. How does future shock affect decision-making processes?

7. How does Toffler describe the successful adaptation to change?

8. What does Toffler say people need to do in order to deal with the coming future?

9. How is super-industrialism affecting the segmentation of the population?

10. What purpose do subcults serve?

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