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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. In what field have some countries tried to move away from giving people free choices?
(a) Military.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Education.

2. What is Toffler's premise in Future Shock?
(a) That the future will bring a return of the sins of the early industrialists.
(b) That there will be a collapse after years of prosperity.
(c) That there is a limit to how much man can adapt to.
(d) That the future will witness a new stability after years of turmoil and change.

3. What is NOT a symptom of future shock?
(a) Withdrawal.
(b) Skepticism.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Violence.

4. What does a person get from how they choose their identity?
(a) A career.
(b) A lifestyle.
(c) A religion.
(d) A job.

5. What does change affect in a person's psychology?
(a) Their ability to orient themselves in time and space.
(b) Their decision-making process.
(c) Their ability to acquire language.
(d) Their ability to solve problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler say continual change causes?

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

3. What does Toffler say is the problem with technocrats?

4. How can social change be mitigated?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is entailed in changing a lifestyle?

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