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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Second Turning, Consciousness Revolution (1964-1984).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens during a first turning?
(a) Heroes are young adults.
(b) Artists become elders.
(c) Elder prophets die.
(d) Nomads are born.

2. How do the authors and other historians view cycles of war?
(a) As necessary evils that people will never understand.
(b) As something Americans endure better than others.
(c) The start and end of a crisis.
(d) The death of one saeculum and the birth of the next.

3. Eventually, what happens to circular cycles?
(a) They become stronger.
(b) They bore people.
(c) They disappear.
(d) They have a moment of discontinuity.

4. How often does each saeculum in the United States last?
(a) 80-100 years.
(b) A decade.
(c) We don't know yet.
(d) 150-200 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the clash of powerful personalities during the beginning of Anglo-American modernity?

2. What was the generational cycle of 1790?

3. What was the generational cycle of 1640?

4. When does a generation come to be recognized?

5. During the First Turning, why did Americans become conformists?

(see the answer key)

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