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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 will changes in agriculture mean for the future Toffler foresees?

2. What feeling results from the development of Toffler's future culture?

3. What will lead to divorce in the society of the future?

4. Where does culture shock take place, in Toffler's account?

5. What do deeper relationships involve, in Toffler's account?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the role of the organization in the future society?

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

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

5. What is the effect of the acceleration of information?

6. What will change mean for the people of the future, in Toffler's account?

7. How will marriage be affected by the super-industrial culture?

8. How does technology and specialization affect occupations?

9. How does Toffler describe the pace of modern life and its effect on society?

10. How will products and services be different in the new economy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is "the tradition" Toffler refers to? Pre-industrial Europe? Medieval Europe? Pre-contact North America? Greece and Rome? When were things simpler, and when does Toffler say they changed? What brought about the change?

Essay Topic 2

Is future shock a generalized condition of super-industrial culture, or is it a condition that only applies to the people who are suffering under super-industrial conditions? How does Toffler apply the term? How would you apply it?

Essay Topic 3

What is Toffler's relationship with Marxist thought and the inequality that drives capitalist society? Is he blind to economic culture? How does he account for the differences between social classes?

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