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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom do modern people have to identify?
(a) Religious groups.
(b) Employers.
(c) Subgroups.
(d) Families.

3. What is someone supposed to do once they choose their identity?
(a) Convert others to that same identity.
(b) Make new friends.
(c) Invent new identities.
(d) Conform to the subgroup.

4. What would one benefit of government involvement in change management be?
(a) Distributing the wealth more equitably.
(b) Measuring the long-term effects of change.
(c) Harnessing more profit from each change.
(d) Eliminating future problems.

5. What does a person get from how they choose their identity?
(a) A job.
(b) A career.
(c) A lifestyle.
(d) A religion.

6. What organizations does Toffler cite as an example of an organization that mitigates future shock?
(a) Hospitals.
(b) Schools.
(c) Halfway houses.
(d) Restaurants.

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

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

9. What evidence does Toffler use for his characterization of his society?
(a) Greed and profits.
(b) Drugs and crime.
(c) Terrorism and revolutionary political parties.
(d) Political gridlock and stagflation.

10. What does Toffler say subgroups compete for?
(a) Funding.
(b) Members.
(c) Advertising dollars.
(d) Power.

11. Where does the process of preparing for the future begin, according to Toffler?
(a) With adulthood.
(b) With acquiring an education.
(c) With marriage.
(d) With examining one's own reactions.

12. What is the method people use to cope with future shock?
(a) They limit the information they take in.
(b) They repress any unpleasant experiences.
(c) They cling to their families.
(d) They acquire behavioral tics.

13. What is the other effect of increasing rate of change on different age groups?
(a) It increases homogeneity.
(b) It diminishes cultural or regional differences.
(c) It increases diversity.
(d) It segments the population.

14. What tools will be necessary to determine whether changes should be allowed?
(a) Cost benefit analysis tools.
(b) Social networking tools.
(c) Communication protocols.
(d) Structural modeling tools.

15. How long does Toffler say it now takes for public value systems to change?
(a) Within a lifetime.
(b) Every few generations.
(c) Every few hundred years.
(d) Every few years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Toffler say familiar objects have on people?

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

3. What difficulty does Toffler foresee with regulating change by policies?

4. What is the behavioral consequence of the psychological effects of change?

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

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