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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 do "subcults" give the people who belong to them, in Toffler's account?
(a) A way to orient themselves.
(b) A way to spend their money.
(c) An escape from their jobs.
(d) An individual identity.

2. What difficulty does Toffler foresee with regulating change by policies?
(a) Many policies fail to account for important factors.
(b) It is hard to find independent experts without vested interests, for governing.
(c) Many policies have undesirable effects.
(d) Even regulatory bureaucracies are often inefficient in adapting to change.

3. What can people develop to mitigate future shock?
(a) Future shock intuition.
(b) Future shock absorbers.
(c) Future shock buffers.
(d) Future shock dampeners.

4. What is technology based on in the West, in Toffler's account?
(a) Efficiency.
(b) Profit.
(c) Cost-benefit calculation.
(d) The common good.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Toffler describe a person's choices in the future?

3. How does Toffler say the future should be greeted?

4. What will happen if preventative steps are not taken, in Toffler's account?

5. What can government agencies do to measure change?

Short Essay Questions

1. What purpose do subcults serve?

2. What will the place of enclaves be in future society?

3. What is entailed in changing a lifestyle?

4. What does a subcult give a person?

5. What physical systems does Toffler associate with illness from change?

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

7. How is super-industrialism affecting the segmentation of the population?

8. How can future shock be prevented?

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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