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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. Through what do the cycles require rebirth?
(a) Connections.
(b) Work.
(c) Recreation.
(d) Money.

2. In America's saeculum in the First Turning, what is the range of the period?
(a) World War I and World War II.
(b) The end of World War II and the Kennedy Assassination.
(c) The end of the Civil War and the start of World War II.
(d) The Great Depression and the Vietnam conflict ending.

3. 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.

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

5. What are examples of social indicators?
(a) Death rate.
(b) Wage growth and political activism.
(c) Clothing styles.
(d) Transportation means.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Silent Generation wear?

2. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?

3. What happened to the Etruscans?

4. What fascinated the Romans according to the authors?

5. When was Generation X discovered?

(see the answer key)

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