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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. How does Toffler say the future should be greeted?
(a) With unconditional acceptance.
(b) With equipoise.
(c) With wariness.
(d) With despair.

2. What can people develop to mitigate future shock?
(a) Future shock buffers.
(b) Future shock absorbers.
(c) Future shock dampeners.
(d) Future shock intuition.

3. What does Toffler say subgroups compete for?
(a) Advertising dollars.
(b) Members.
(c) Funding.
(d) Power.

4. What has social change created, in Toffler's account?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Overchoice.
(c) Unfreedom.
(d) Revolutionary consciousness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler say is just as harmful as planning for the future?

2. What do people need to develop for the coming future, in Toffler's opinion?

3. What organizations does Toffler cite as an example of an organization that mitigates future shock?

4. How long does Toffler say it now takes for public value systems to change?

5. What does Toffler say the future will do to people?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does change affect people's health?

5. How can future shock be prevented?

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

7. Why can't the system police itself with regard to new technologies?

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

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

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

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