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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 other effect of increasing rate of change on different age groups?

2. How does Toffler say the future should be greeted?

3. What effect does an increasing rate of change have on the differences between age groups?

4. What difficulty does Toffler foresee with regulating change by policies?

5. What is it that affects a person who is undergoing change?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is entailed in changing a lifestyle?

3. What does a subcult give a person?

4. How does Toffler say victims of future shock deal with their situation?

5. How would Toffler design curricula for the future education system?

6. How can future shock be prevented?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write a review of Future Shock. What does Toffler set out to do, and does he accomplish his goal? Where does the book fall short of its stated goals? Where does it seem conflicted in its execution or thinking? Is the book ultimately successful? Define the terms for measuring its success.

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