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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 measure would Toffler like to be able to use on society?

2. What does a person get from how they choose their identity?

3. What is the danger in society's rate of change, in Toffler's opinion?

4. How will new technologies help people, in Toffler's opinion?

5. Why were alternative schools formed, in Toffler's account?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does change affect people's health?

2. What will the consequence be if new technologies are not controlled?

3. What is the danger of change in a super-industrial culture?

4. How will education have to change to meet the future?

5. How will morals change in a super-industrial culture?

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

7. What is the role of the lifestyle in super-industrial culture?

8. How does Toffler say the orientation of the schools will have to change?

9. Who should investigate the effects of new technologies on society?

10. How can future shock be prevented?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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?

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