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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 do the authors think Americans could learn from historical cycles?
(a) How to keep families together.
(b) What is in store for them.
(c) What to save money for.
(d) How to be kind.

2. According to the authors, Americans identify generations by determining what?
(a) The length of a generation.
(b) The discord within a generation.
(c) The death from a generation.
(d) The wealth a generation forms.

3. What is reflected in future generations according to the authors?
(a) Religious beliefs.
(b) The repetition of a four part cycle.
(c) Death.
(d) The love for children.

4. What was the generational cycle of 1790?
(a) John Wesley's Methodist Generation.
(b) George Whitefield's Writing Generation.
(c) The Pre-Civil War Generation.
(d) Thomas Jefferson's Republican Generation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Nomads during a Second Turning according to the authors?

2. How do many historians record cycles?

3. What was the generational cycle of 1600?

4. What happens during the fourth tide?

5. What do elders do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?

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