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

2. How do generations behave with the concept of 'acting according to your season' according to the authors?
(a) Generations gain notoriety for their behavior.
(b) Generations have behaviors appropriate to their place in history.
(c) Generations create rebellion against expectations.
(d) Generations act nothing alike-everyone is an individual.

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

4. What best describes the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Humanitarian demise.
(b) Huge monetary gains.
(c) Small educational progression.
(d) Great social upheaval.

5. What do children do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Eat.
(b) Complain.
(c) Steal.
(d) Grow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Artists do during a Second Turning according to the authors?

2. What happens during the fourth tide?

3. What does Mt. Rushmore represent according to the authors?

4. What purpose does the Nomads' exhaustion from revolutionary change have?

5. When was Generation X discovered?

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