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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 reason for the shortening of relationships?

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

3. How has commuting changed in super-industrial culture?

4. What is the benefit of cultural transience to manufacturers?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the effect of urbanization on relationships?

3. How is future shock different than culture shock?

4. How does future shock manifest?

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

6. How will super-industrialism affect the family?

7. How does transience affect modern society?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When is the starting date for super-industrial culture? What event marks its inception? Where did it start and under what conditions? Where is it still emerging? Where are people fighting its emergence? What methods have they used to fight it?

Essay Topic 2

How realistic are Toffler's suggestions for mitigating change in culture? How would you characterize his solutions? What do they say about his values? What options does he consider? What options does he not consider? What do they say about his analysis and his priorities? What are the benefits of Toffler's perspective? What are the limitations?

Essay Topic 3

What efforts have people made to heal or resist future shock in the years since Toffler wrote the book? How has super-industrial culture reacted to attempts to live beyond it? How, in turn, do people live with their culture's attempt to co-opt their healing strategies for profit or broader use?

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