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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 measure would Toffler like to be able to use on society?
(a) A measure of the livability of a country.
(b) A measure of a people's happiness.
(c) A measure of a people's real misery.
(d) A measure of a people's resiliency.

2. What does Toffler say continual change causes?
(a) The aggression reaction.
(b) The suppressive reaction.
(c) The orientation response.
(d) The adaptive reaction.

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

4. What will happen if preventative steps are not taken, in Toffler's account?
(a) Culture will be ruined.
(b) Society will be striated by class.
(c) Society will collapse.
(d) People with power will rule unchecked.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that affects a person who is undergoing change?

2. What ability is compromised by too much change?

3. With whom do modern people have to identify?

4. What industry does Toffler cite as an example of Americans' choices?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How can future shock be prevented?

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

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

6. How does Toffler say super-industrialism has affected education?

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

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

9. What will the consequence be if new technologies are not controlled?

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

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