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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'heroes'?
(a) Young adults.
(b) Birth.
(c) Midlife.
(d) Elder.

2. How does each generation experience each period of the cycle?
(a) Different but tightly correlated stages of development.
(b) Every second year since its development.
(c) In harmony and cooperation.
(d) With great discord.

3. What do cycles in major cultures share according to the authors?
(a) A change in transportation.
(b) A changing of clothing styles.
(c) An idea of a male God.
(d) They follow several rules.

4. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'children'?
(a) Prophets.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Artists.
(d) Nomads.

5. What do children do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Grow.
(b) Steal.
(c) Complain.
(d) Eat.

6. How did the Lost Generation treat social life?
(a) Social life was for security.
(b) Social life was for exploitation.
(c) Social life was for religion.
(d) Social life kept family traditions alive.

7. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'prophets'?
(a) Young adults.
(b) Elder.
(c) Midlife.
(d) Birth.

8. As the book opens, how do the American people behave according to the authors?
(a) Strong and unified.
(b) Uneasy, aimless and adrift.
(c) Upset and angry.
(d) Tired and heavy.

9. What was the First Turning's time period like?
(a) American poverty and fear.
(b) American dominance.
(c) England's hold over America.
(d) American doubt and retreat.

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

11. What year does the book's introduction address?
(a) 2010.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1984.

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

13. What happens during a first turning?
(a) Elder prophets die.
(b) Heroes are young adults.
(c) Artists become elders.
(d) Nomads are born.

14. How do Americans view the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) As a 'high.'
(b) As promising.
(c) As a 'low.'
(d) As depressing.

15. What happens in 'linear time' according to the authors?
(a) It brings hope and we never expect catastrophe.
(b) It creates chaos.
(c) It brings inflation.
(d) It brings depression and we expect the worst.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do generations behave with the concept of 'acting according to your season' according to the authors?

3. What happens to civic order during the Second Turning according to the authors?

4. How do many historians record cycles?

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

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