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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 say about preventing future shock?

2. What will happen if preventative steps are not taken, in Toffler's account?

3. How has the grouping of adults changed in recent times, according to Toffler?

4. What measure would Toffler like to be able to use on society?

5. What would one benefit of government involvement in change management be?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is super-industrialism affecting the segmentation of the population?

2. What will the place of enclaves be in future society?

3. What purpose do subcults serve?

4. Who does Toffler use as examples of victims of over-stimulation and future shock?

5. What is entailed in changing a lifestyle?

6. How will a person's choice of products be affected by super-industrialism?

7. What does Toffler say people need to do in order to deal with the coming future?

8. What does a subcult give a person?

9. Why can't the system police itself with regard to new technologies?

10. What will planners need to have in order to make an education system that prepares people for the future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Toffler's place in the literature of futurism? Who are his colleagues and contemporaries? Review the literature of futurism of Toffler's age, and describe his place among the other writers predicting the future of industrial culture.

Essay Topic 2

How many of Toffler's predictions have been borne out in the forty years since he wrote Future Shock? Where was he accurate? Where was he inaccurate? What other factors could have created the same phenomena he describes?

Essay Topic 3

How have morals and public values changed since Toffler wrote Future Shock? What developments have taken place since then, and are they in line with Toffler's predictions about how change will affect culture?

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