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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of change can be manipulated to prevent or mitigate future shock?
(a) People's behaviors.
(b) Technological advances.
(c) Legal statutes.
(d) Market behaviors.

2. What does Toffler call the decision to change lifestyle?
(a) A super-decision.
(b) The malady of transience.
(c) A life-or-death decision.
(d) An important decision.

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

4. What does Toffler say groups have to do?
(a) Change.
(b) Restrain the adaptive urge.
(c) Compete.
(d) Remain the same.

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

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

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

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

9. What did Holmes and Rahe find in their study of the Navy?
(a) A correlation between loneliness and aggression.
(b) A correlation between change and feelings of powerlessness.
(c) A correlation between change and illness.
(d) A correlation between change and depression.

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

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

12. What is it that affects a person who is undergoing change?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Depression.
(c) Stress.
(d) Disorientation.

13. What does Toffler say about preventing future shock?
(a) It is easy to do.
(b) It is requires drastic changes.
(c) It is possible but not easy.
(d) It is impossible.

14. What happens when a group's experience is above the adaptive range?
(a) Decline in membership.
(b) Shift toward messianism.
(c) Reactionary violence.
(d) Problems of distortion.

15. What does the accelerative thrust of society require, in Toffler's account?
(a) Strong family.
(b) Faster decision-making.
(c) Nutritional supplements.
(d) More healing time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has the grouping of adults changed in recent times, according to Toffler?

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

3. How do people experience their moral values, in Toffler's future?

4. What does Toffler predict with regard to choice in future culture?

5. Who should test new technologies before they can be accepted into society?

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