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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the automobile contribute to super-industrial culture?

2. What characterizes relationships in big cities, in Tommo's opinion?

3. What term does Toffler use to describe marriage in the future?

4. What does Toffler predict will come out of genetics?

5. What does Toffler call the new management class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the effect of change within organizations on future society?

2. What are the three characteristics of bureaucracy, in Toffler's account?

3. What is the effect of the economics of transience?

4. How does Toffler say commuting has affected the future society?

5. What does Toffler foresee in terms of exploring the ocean?

6. How will super-industrialism affect the family?

7. What is the effect of urbanization on relationships?

8. How has home-relocation affected the future society?

9. What is the modular man?

10. What did migration mean in Europe and in America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was the change from industrialism to super-industrialism qualitative or quantitative? Is there a substantive difference between industrialism and super-industrialism, or are they merely different in the speed of the change?

Essay Topic 2

How many of Toffler's predictions have been borne out in the forty years since he wrote Future Shock? Where was he accurate? Where was he inaccurate? What other factors could have created the same phenomena he describes?

Essay Topic 3

How would you characterize Toffler's views in terms of our contemporary political dialogue? Which parties would Toffler be most sympathetic with, based on the ideas in Future Shock? What kind of political policies could Future Shock be used to support?

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