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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seasons of Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The authors say that present day Americans continue to acknowledge what periodic cycle?
(a) A Christian cycle of death and rebirth.
(b) Schooling.
(c) Jobs and retirements.
(d) Water and its forms.

2. What happens in 'chaotic time' according to the authors?
(a) History repeats itself.
(b) History has no path.
(c) History brings happiness.
(d) History quickly finishes.

3. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?
(a) Three stages of life.
(b) Four seasons.
(c) Each century.
(d) Four weather elements.

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

5. What is the most recent second turning according to the authors?
(a) Loud clothing of the 1990s.
(b) Sitcoms of the 1980s.
(c) Lack of parenting in the 2000s.
(d) Tax revolts of the early 1980s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do cycles in major cultures share according to the authors?

2. As the book opens, how do the American people behave according to the authors?

3. How do the authors present American history?

4. What comprises the First Turning according to the authors?

5. During the Third Turning, what happens to institutions according to the authors?

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