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

2. What does Toffler say about conduct, manners and language?
(a) They are unique to each individual.
(b) They are jeopardized by mass media.
(c) There is no broad agreement about them.
(d) They are standardized by mass media.

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

4. What do subgroups provide for people?
(a) A haven from the market.
(b) An antidote for loneliness.
(c) An income and social belonging.
(d) A way to express political opinions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will be the benefit of a set of descriptive indices?

2. Who does Toffler describe as examples of over-stimulation?

3. What is the danger in society's rate of change, in Toffler's opinion?

4. What does change require from a person's physiology?

5. What does Toffler say about preventing future shock?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will the place of enclaves be in future society?

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

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

4. What purpose do subcults serve?

5. What is entailed in changing a lifestyle?

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

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

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

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

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

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