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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 do "subcults" give the people who belong to them, in Toffler's account?
(a) An individual identity.
(b) A way to orient themselves.
(c) A way to spend their money.
(d) An escape from their jobs.

2. What does Toffler say about preventing future shock?
(a) It is possible but not easy.
(b) It is easy to do.
(c) It is impossible.
(d) It is requires drastic changes.

3. What does Toffler say helps consolidate each identity?
(a) Unique currency.
(b) Assemblies.
(c) Heroes.
(d) Rituals.

4. How often does the orientation response occur?
(a) A few times a week.
(b) Hundreds of times a day.
(c) A few times a day.
(d) A few times a month.

5. How can social change be mitigated?
(a) By keeping agriculture local.
(b) By keeping agriculture local.
(c) By restricting industrial growth.
(d) By examining the consequences of technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler call the decision to change lifestyle?

2. How does Toffler characterize society's relation with conduct, manners, and language?

3. What happens when a group's experience is above the adaptive range?

4. What does future shock result from?

5. What is the result of too much change?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How can future shock be prevented?

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

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

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

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

9. How will a person's choice of products be affected by super-industrialism?

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

(see the answer keys)

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