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

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

3. What happens to the New Prophets during the First Turning?
(a) New Prophets head to the job market.
(b) New Prophets head to college.
(c) New Prophets gain money.
(d) New Prophets are born.

4. What do the Firth Turnings in American history represent?
(a) The construction and ossification of a new social order.
(b) Gender roles changing.
(c) The destruction of a society.
(d) The building of a new government.

5. In determining a generation, what should one look for according to the authors?
(a) Common beliefs and behaviors.
(b) Athletic patterns.
(c) Birth rates.
(d) New transportation and styles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Nomads do during a Fourth Turning according to the authors?

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

3. What describes the Baby Boomers' educations according to the authors?

4. What kind of eras are Fourth Turnings?

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

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