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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 is the consequence of people relocating their homes more often in super-industrial culture?

2. What kind of lifestyle does Toffler say is characterized by frequent moves?

3. What is the consequence of high mobility, according to Toffler?

4. What is NOT a characteristic of the bureaucracy?

5. What was it that attracted immigrants to America, according to Toffler?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the effect of urbanization on relationships?

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

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

4. How does technology and specialization affect occupations?

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

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

7. What does Toffler foresee in the technology of fertility treatments?

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

9. How will super-industrialism affect the family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does Future Shock fit in Toffler's lifelong works? What other books has he written, and what is Future Shock's relationship with his other books? What are the dominant themes of his writing and career?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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