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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the GI Generation's reputation during the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) The saddest group of men.
(b) The greatest generation.
(c) Peace keepers and homemakers.
(d) Homewreckers and school dropouts.

2. By 1984, what were Americans cynical about according to the authors?
(a) Their construction methods.
(b) Their institutions.
(c) Their traveling habits.
(d) Their backgrounds.

3. As the book closes, what do the authors emphasize that Americans should understand about time?
(a) It is not linear.
(b) It never begins anew.
(c) It is not cyclial.
(d) God controls time.

4. What do Awakenings do for people according to the authors?
(a) Change cultures and renew the spirit.
(b) Bond old traditional ideas to new ones.
(c) Create hostility.
(d) Grow accountability and spirituality.

5. What do Prophets do during a Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Attend medical and law school.
(b) Challenge the failing value-stystem of older institutions.
(c) Stay in seclusion.
(d) Create art and writings.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the authors, what did the 1773 Fourth Turning grow out of?

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

3. For what is the Fourth Turning an opportunity according to the authors?

4. According to the authors, what do parents of Heroes do?

5. What best describes the Second Turning according to the authors?

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