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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a stability zone?
(a) An adaptive religion.
(b) A group of familiar people.
(c) A family home to return to.
(d) A pattern of familiar habits.

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

3. 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.

4. What does Toffler say helps consolidate each identity?
(a) Assemblies.
(b) Unique currency.
(c) Heroes.
(d) Rituals.

5. What would be the outcome of government agencies' involvement in change management?
(a) Models that predict human behavior in the future.
(b) Tools for dealing with change.
(c) Evaluative criteria for different effects on society.
(d) Snapshots of a society's values.

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

7. What effect does an increasing rate of change have on the differences between age groups?
(a) It emphasizes the differences.
(b) It makes the ages more interdependent.
(c) It isolates the age groups from each other.
(d) It draws the ages together.

8. What is affected when a person's life changes?
(a) Their immune system.
(b) Their psychological adjustment.
(c) Their digestion.
(d) Their coping mechanisms.

9. What is the right amount of change called?
(a) Behavioral health.
(b) Balanced stumulation.
(c) The adaptive range.
(d) The statistical norm.

10. What does change require from a person's physiology?
(a) Expenditure of energy.
(b) Meditation techniques.
(c) Time for healing.
(d) Numbing techniques.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Toffler predict with regard to choice in future culture?
(a) The consolidation of interests in political parties.
(b) The negation of standardization.
(c) The association of like interests.
(d) The interchangeability of people and government roles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the other effect of increasing rate of change on different age groups?

3. What organizations does Toffler cite as an example of an organization that mitigates future shock?

4. What can government agencies do to measure change?

5. How does Toffler characterize the society of his times?

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