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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 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.

2. How can social change be mitigated?
(a) By keeping agriculture local.
(b) By keeping agriculture local.
(c) By examining the consequences of technology.
(d) By restricting industrial growth.

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

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

5. How do people experience their moral values, in Toffler's future?
(a) As legal obligations.
(b) As directives.
(c) As mystical laws.
(d) As temporary values.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What tools will be necessary to determine whether changes should be allowed?

3. What would one benefit of government involvement in change management be?

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

5. How will new technologies help people, in Toffler's opinion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does an individual need to do to prepare for the future and avoid future shock?

2. How will education have to change to meet the future?

3. How does Toffler say victims of future shock deal with their situation?

4. How will a person's choice of products be affected by super-industrialism?

5. How will morals change in a super-industrial culture?

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

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

8. What is the role of the lifestyle in super-industrial culture?

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

10. How does change affect people's health?

(see the answer keys)

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