Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why do the authors look toward prophecy?
(a) Their goals for the audience shift.
(b) They have predicted all they can.
(c) This is a transition in their material.
(d) This is a different topic.
2. What do children do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Grow.
(b) Steal.
(c) Complain.
(d) Eat.
3. What was the generational cycle of 1600?
(a) Shakespeare's Elizabethan Generation.
(b) Religious and Arts Appreciation Generation.
(c) Wheatley's Philosophical Generation.
(d) Roman Countrymen Generation.
4. What do the authors believe Americans have lost?
(a) The proper belief in education.
(b) The healthy part of life.
(c) The proper philosophy of time.
(d) The correct use of money.
5. What were Jackson, Woodrow Wilson and Colin Powell considered?
(a) Elder prophets.
(b) Artists.
(c) Nomads.
(d) Heroes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the clash of powerful personalities during the beginning of Anglo-American modernity?
2. What is reflected in future generations according to the authors?
3. What year does the book's introduction address?
4. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'heroes'?
5. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the authors, what struggles do the Boomers face as they age?
2. What do the authors say are the problems with chaotic and linear time?
3. Why do the authors delineate the idea of 'seasons of time'?
4. How do the authors characterize the 1960-70s?
5. Looking at the authors' information, why would the spirit of America decay during the Fourth Turning?
6. How did the Lost Generation behave during the First Turning, according to the authors?
7. How do the 'cabbage patch kids' raising influence their adulthood according to the authors?
8. Why does the name 'gray champion' fit an elder prophet?
9. What role do the authors say the Baby Boomer Generation played in the massive changes of the 1960-70s?
10. Why is the length of a saeculum in the United States significant?
This section contains 871 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |