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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Cycles of History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eventually, what happens to circular cycles?
(a) They disappear.
(b) They become stronger.
(c) They bore people.
(d) They have a moment of discontinuity.

2. What do the authors think Americans could learn from historical cycles?
(a) What to save money for.
(b) What is in store for them.
(c) How to keep families together.
(d) How to be kind.

3. How is Arnold Toynbee's cycle characterized?
(a) Happiness and despair.
(b) Marriage and divorce.
(c) War and peace.
(d) Wealth and poverty.

4. When was Generation X discovered?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1984.

5. How often does each saeculum in the United States last?
(a) 150-200 years.
(b) We don't know yet.
(c) A decade.
(d) 80-100 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are revitalizations divided?

2. What happens to individualism during the Third Turning according to the authors?

3. From their order of experiences, what do the authors say generations form?

4. What does Mt. Rushmore represent according to the authors?

5. When did the American saecular cycle begin?

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