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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Eternal Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Nomads during a Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Others ignore them.
(b) They become stronger.
(c) They die.
(d) They gain money.

2. What did the Etruscans know?
(a) That history was cyclical.
(b) That money did not matter.
(c) That other cultures were stronger than theirs.
(d) That food was sustainable.

3. What do midlifers do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Look toward retirement.
(b) Wield power.
(c) Raise children.
(d) Increase religious study.

4. What happens during the fourth tide?
(a) Artists become elders.
(b) Elder prophets die.
(c) Nomads are born.
(d) The heroes are young adults.

5. What was the generational cycle of 1640?
(a) Religious Reform Generation.
(b) John Winthrop's Puritan Generation.
(c) The Queen's Educated Generation.
(d) King George's Tax Generation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What in a Fourth Turning can be foreseen, according to the authors?

2. What is an example that the authors give about a major event that the next cycle might bring?

3. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?

4. How do the authors argue that we should feel about the Fourth Turning?

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

(see the answer key)

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