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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 Toffler foresee with regard to the oceans?

2. What will not be an option, in Toffler's view of the future?

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

4. What industries does Toffler say will grow in the economy of the future?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is future shock different than culture shock?

3. What is the modular man?

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

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

6. How does Toffler describe deeper relationships?

7. How does transience affect modern society?

8. What is the effect of urbanization on relationships?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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