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

2. What effect does Toffler say familiar objects have on people?
(a) They lull them into unawareness.
(b) They put them at ease.
(c) They suppress expressivity.
(d) They raise the person's latent frustrations.

3. How does Toffler describe a person's choices in the future?
(a) Compelled.
(b) Abundant.
(c) Eliminated.
(d) Limited.

4. What evidence does Toffler use for his characterization of his society?
(a) Political gridlock and stagflation.
(b) Terrorism and revolutionary political parties.
(c) Greed and profits.
(d) Drugs and crime.

5. What does Toffler propose in order to institute his plan to protect against future shock?
(a) A government based on wisdom and ancient principles.
(b) A political party for restricting technological research.
(c) A public agency to review new technology.
(d) A party of revolutionaries to overthrow technological workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ability is compromised by too much change?

2. What is affected when a person's life changes?

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

4. How does Toffler characterize the society of his times?

5. What power does society have, to resist advancements?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is entailed in changing a lifestyle?

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

5. How does Toffler describe the successful adaptation to change?

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

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

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

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

10. What does a subcult give a person?

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