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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 1790?
(a) John Wesley's Methodist Generation.
(b) George Whitefield's Writing Generation.
(c) The Pre-Civil War Generation.
(d) Thomas Jefferson's Republican Generation.

2. What was the clash of powerful personalities during the beginning of Anglo-American modernity?
(a) Wars of the Roses and the Protestant Reformation.
(b) The Allies and the Axis powers.
(c) Europe and America.
(d) The North and the South.

3. What was the generational cycle of 1690?
(a) King Carter's Glorious Generation.
(b) John Smith's Exploratory Generation.
(c) The Slavery Generation.
(d) Queen Elizabeth's Religious Generation.

4. Where do seasons occur according to the authors?
(a) Across and within generations.
(b) At historical museums.
(c) Within the education system.
(d) Outdoors, four times a year.

5. What happens to civic order during the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) It comes under attack from a new system of values.
(b) People renew their beliefs in it.
(c) It is strengthened.
(d) People question it but remain silent.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does a generation come to be recognized?

2. What were Jon Edwards and William Lloyd Garrison considered?

3. From their order of experiences, what do the authors say generations form?

4. What do the authors believe Americans have lost?

5. What happens in 'cyclical time' according to the authors?

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