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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 do elders do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Lead and transfer values.
(b) Raise children .
(c) Look toward retirement.
(d) Wield power.

2. Who controlled much of the world during the First Turning?
(a) The Lost Generation.
(b) Generation X.
(c) The GI Generation.
(d) The Silent Generation.

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

4. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?
(a) Close down as a protective mechanism.
(b) Produce a kind of institutional memory that is reflected through the next cycle of generations.
(c) Save money for happier times.
(d) Write so history is recorded.

5. What will the Fourth Turning signal, according to the authors?
(a) The revitalization of America's youth.
(b) Opportunities for the youth.
(c) The best parts of America.
(d) The absolute bottom of the American spirit and its regeneration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the First Turning's time period like?

2. Where do seasons occur according to the authors?

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

4. What do young adults act like in the general cycle of life according to the authors?

5. What do Heroes do during a Fourth Turning according to the authors?

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