View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?
(a) Four weather elements.
(b) Four seasons.
(c) Each century.
(d) Three stages of life.

2. How frequently do these cycles of history repeat themselves?
(a) Over similar lengths of time.
(b) Throughout a decade.
(c) Over dissimilar lengths of time.
(d) Throughout a century.

3. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?
(a) Close down as a protective mechanism.
(b) Save money for happier times.
(c) Produce a kind of institutional memory that is reflected through the next cycle of generations.
(d) Write so history is recorded.

4. What was the generational cycle of 1600?
(a) Religious and Arts Appreciation Generation.
(b) Wheatley's Philosophical Generation.
(c) Roman Countrymen Generation.
(d) Shakespeare's Elizabethan Generation.

5. What year does the book's introduction address?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2010.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What comprises the First Turning according to the authors?

4. Why are the men of Mt. Rushmore together according to the authors?

5. How do the authors present American history?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 278 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample