View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is spring break in Ft. Lauderdale exemplary of super-industrial culture?

2. What is leading the super-industrial revolution?

3. What does Toffler predict men will be able to do?

4. How have careers changed in super-industrial culture?

5. What does Toffler say is the consequence of fast rates of change?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the rate of change affect professionals?

2. How will super-industrialism change the economics of society?

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

4. What developments does Toffler foresee in agriculture and food production?

5. What does Toffler say is the danger of high technology?

6. How is future shock different than culture shock?

7. How does technology and specialization affect occupations?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the terms Toffler coins tell us about the kind of book Future Shock is? Is it scientific? Psychological? Literary? Critical? What kinds of fields does Toffler echo in his neologisms?

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 objections could be made to Toffler's suggestions for methods of remedying or preventing or mitigating the accelerative thrust? What would likely occur if his prescriptions were followed? What would the benefits be? What adverse effects might there be?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 685 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample