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

2. What does future shock result from?
(a) Over-stimulation.
(b) Instability.
(c) Despair.
(d) Loneliness.

3. What is someone supposed to do once they choose their identity?
(a) Conform to the subgroup.
(b) Make new friends.
(c) Convert others to that same identity.
(d) Invent new identities.

4. What measure would Toffler like to be able to use on society?
(a) A measure of a people's real misery.
(b) A measure of the livability of a country.
(c) A measure of a people's resiliency.
(d) A measure of a people's happiness.

5. What does Toffler say groups have to do?
(a) Compete.
(b) Change.
(c) Remain the same.
(d) Restrain the adaptive urge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How will new technologies help people, in Toffler's opinion?

2. What does change affect in a person's psychology?

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

4. What must men do as they face the coming changes, in Toffler's account?

5. In what field have some countries tried to move away from giving people free choices?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How can future shock be prevented?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How will morals change in a super-industrial culture?

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