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

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

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

4. Where does the process of preparing for the future begin, according to Toffler?
(a) With adulthood.
(b) With marriage.
(c) With examining one's own reactions.
(d) With acquiring an education.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do subgroups provide for people?

2. What evidence does Toffler use for his characterization of his society?

3. What development will affect how we experience choice in our democracy?

4. What effect does an increasing rate of change have on the differences between age groups?

5. How often does the orientation response occur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What purpose do subcults serve?

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

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

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

5. What does Toffler say people need to do in order to deal with the coming future?

6. How would Toffler design curricula for the future education system?

7. What will planners need to have in order to make an education system that prepares people for the future?

8. How can future shock be prevented?

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

10. Who should investigate the effects of new technologies on society?

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