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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, A Fourth Turning Prophecy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the authors, Americans identify generations by determining what?
(a) The discord within a generation.
(b) The wealth a generation forms.
(c) The length of a generation.
(d) The death from a generation.

2. How do the authors present American history?
(a) They show different US presidents' points of view.
(b) They divide chapters by generations.
(c) They present it from present day backward.
(d) They turn history into prophesy.

3. According to the authors, what did the 1929 Fourth Turning grow out of?
(a) A materialistic 1920s.
(b) The president's assassination.
(c) A keeping with customs.
(d) The demeaning attitudes of the majority.

4. In America's saeculum in the First Turning, what is the range of the period?
(a) The end of the Civil War and the start of World War II.
(b) The end of World War II and the Kennedy Assassination.
(c) World War I and World War II.
(d) The Great Depression and the Vietnam conflict ending.

5. What in a Fourth Turning can be foreseen, according to the authors?
(a) A change of traditions.
(b) A disagreement.
(c) A catalyst.
(d) A political takeover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fascinated the Romans according to the authors?

2. What happened to the Etruscans?

3. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?

4. How do generations often define themselves according to the authors?

5. What will Boomers want to do during economic trouble according to the authors?

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