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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How often does the orientation response occur?
(a) Hundreds of times a day.
(b) A few times a day.
(c) A few times a month.
(d) A few times a week.

4. What does Toffler propose as a method for dealing with future shock?
(a) Therapy.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Subcults.
(d) Situational groups.

5. What is the danger in society's rate of change, in Toffler's opinion?
(a) That it might leave certain classes behind.
(b) That it might create a new split between classes.
(c) That it might create the opportunity for totalitarianism.
(d) That it might be faster than man can handle.

6. What is NOT a symptom of future shock?
(a) Skepticism.
(b) Withdrawal.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Violence.

7. What must men do as they face the coming changes, in Toffler's account?
(a) Crush the organizations out of which change comes most frequently.
(b) Prevent them.
(c) Anticipate and prepare for them.
(d) Build coalitions to plan for negative consequences.

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

9. How does Toffler characterize the society of his times?
(a) As out of control.
(b) As full of appealing promises but ultimately self-destructive.
(c) As making progress toward widespread happiness.
(d) As crumbling.

10. How will new technologies help people, in Toffler's opinion?
(a) They will reduce the impact of changes.
(b) They will numb people to changes.
(c) They will increase adaptability.
(d) They will capitalize on change.

11. What can government agencies do to measure change?
(a) Impose restrictive tariffs to limit the effect of new technology.
(b) Develop models and perform simulations.
(c) Experiment on a small scale with each new technology.
(d) Impose conditions on each new technology.

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

13. What industry does Toffler cite as an example of Americans' choices?
(a) The telecommunications industry.
(b) The travel industry.
(c) The oil industry.
(d) The auto industry.

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

15. In what field have some countries tried to move away from giving people free choices?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Military.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Holmes and Rahe find in their study of the Navy?

2. What do "subcults" give the people who belong to them, in Toffler's account?

3. What is the right amount of change called?

4. How has super-industrial culture changed the financial system?

5. What does change affect in a person's psychology?

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