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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Cycles of History.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do midlifers do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Wield power.
(b) Look toward retirement.
(c) Increase religious study.
(d) Raise children.

3. What happened to the Etruscans?
(a) The Victorians controlled them.
(b) They never realized history was cyclical.
(c) The Roman Empire replaced them.
(d) They refused to pay their bills.

4. The authors say that present day Americans continue to acknowledge what periodic cycle?
(a) A Christian cycle of death and rebirth.
(b) Jobs and retirements.
(c) Water and its forms.
(d) Schooling.

5. What do elders do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Wield power.
(b) Raise children .
(c) Look toward retirement.
(d) Lead and transfer values.

Short Answer Questions

1. How frequently do these cycles of history repeat themselves?

2. Where do seasons occur according to the authors?

3. When does a generation come to be recognized?

4. What were Jefferson and Reagan considered?

5. What do the authors mean when they state all cycles are circular?

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