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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Fourth Turnings in History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What purpose does the Nomads' exhaustion from revolutionary change have?
(a) To spread wealth in the classes.
(b) To gain momentum in politics.
(c) To hurt other archetypes.
(d) To slow social change.

2. How do generations often define themselves according to the authors?
(a) Against the shadow of the generation two steps prior to them.
(b) By the former generation.
(c) With their parents' generation.
(d) By whatever the media says about them.

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

4. What hit the Lost Generation hard?
(a) Aging too quickly.
(b) New expectations.
(c) A lack of education.
(d) Two world wars and the Great Depression.

5. How do crisis eras begin?
(a) With American disagreements with other countries.
(b) With the end of religion.
(c) With catalysts.
(d) With new presidents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Silent Generation wear?

2. What do midlifers do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?

3. What do children do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?

4. According to the authors, what did the 1929 Fourth Turning grow out of?

5. How often do new generations develop?

(see the answer key)

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