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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. What was the generational cycle of 1740?
(a) Philadelphia's Growing Generation.
(b) The Family Values Generation.
(c) Jonathan Edward's Awakening Generation.
(d) Washington's Country Generation.

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

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

4. What were Jefferson and Reagan considered?
(a) Elder prophets.
(b) Nomads.
(c) Artists.
(d) Heroes.

5. According to the authors, what have people sought to redefine in the last 150 years?
(a) The way the media reacts to generations.
(b) Family life and how to succeed while protecting it.
(c) The concept of the generation.
(d) Saving money for generations to come.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the authors believe Americans have lost?

3. What do the authors think Americans could learn from historical cycles?

4. What happens to civic order during the Second Turning according to the authors?

5. What was the clash of powerful personalities during the beginning of Anglo-American modernity?

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