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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 shift will take place in the future Toffler describes?

2. What will products contain in the future Toffler imagines?

3. What techniques had Japan pioneered at the time of Toffler's writing?

4. What kind of loyalty are the new kinds of organizations based on?

5. How will parenthood change in the future Toffler sees?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is future shock different than culture shock?

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

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

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

6. Describe the importance of the automobile in the super-industrial society.

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

8. How will super-industrialism affect the family?

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

10. How does transience affect modern society?

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

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 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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