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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 fields will spur the movement that affects choice in the future?
(a) Politics.
(b) Industry.
(c) Religion.
(d) Technology.

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

3. 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.

4. What do people need to develop for the coming future, in Toffler's opinion?
(a) Religion for teaching people how to act.
(b) Laws for resisting accelerative change.
(c) Technology for protecting the environment from change.
(d) Mechanisms for coping with change.

5. What industry does Toffler cite as an example of Americans' choices?
(a) The telecommunications industry.
(b) The oil industry.
(c) The auto industry.
(d) The travel industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would be the outcome of government agencies' involvement in change management?

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

3. What is someone supposed to do once they choose their identity?

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

5. How has super-industrial culture changed the financial system?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Toffler say the orientation of the schools will have to change?

2. What did Holmes and Rahe find in their study?

3. How does change affect people's health?

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

5. What purpose do subcults serve?

6. What is the danger of change in a super-industrial culture?

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

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

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

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

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