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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 represents the Baby Boomers according to the authors?
(a) Mighty Mouse.
(b) Bewitched.
(c) Mickey Mouse.
(d) Dennis the Menace.

2. What do the authors mean when they state all cycles are circular?
(a) They eventually reach all stages.
(b) They contain even numbers of years.
(c) They are perfectly a century.
(d) They have perfect and unbreakable repetition.

3. What were Jon Edwards and William Lloyd Garrison considered?
(a) Prophets.
(b) Nomads.
(c) Artists.
(d) Heroes.

4. How do generations often define themselves according to the authors?
(a) Against the shadow of the generation two steps prior to them.
(b) By whatever the media says about them.
(c) By the former generation.
(d) With their parents' generation.

5. What happens during the fourth tide?
(a) Artists become elders.
(b) The heroes are young adults.
(c) Elder prophets die.
(d) Nomads are born.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Second Turning, what did most Americans strive to become according to the authors?

2. What were Jefferson and Reagan considered?

3. How often does each saeculum in the United States last?

4. What hit the Lost Generation hard?

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

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