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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 Shakespeare would experience today?

2. What is NOT a characteristic of the bureaucracy?

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

4. What will people want in the new economy Toffler imagines?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the effect of change within organizations on future society?

2. How is future shock different than culture shock?

3. What is a durational expectancy, and how has modern society affected durational expectancies?

4. How does technology and specialization affect occupations?

5. How does Toffler describe deeper relationships?

6. What does Toffler say is the danger of high technology?

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

8. What developments does Toffler foresee in agriculture and food production?

9. What is the effect of urbanization on relationships?

10. How does future shock manifest?

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

Is Toffler a pessimist or a realist? Is it possible to call him an optimist, insofar as he diagnoses a problem and prescribes a course of action for treating it?

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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