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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seasons of Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the authors believe Americans have lost?
(a) The healthy part of life.
(b) The proper belief in education.
(c) The proper philosophy of time.
(d) The correct use of money.

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

3. Through what do the cycles require rebirth?
(a) Connections.
(b) Work.
(c) Money.
(d) Recreation.

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

5. How do the authors and other historians view cycles of war?
(a) As necessary evils that people will never understand.
(b) As something Americans endure better than others.
(c) The start and end of a crisis.
(d) The death of one saeculum and the birth of the next.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do all major cultures acknowledge according to the authors?

2. How do the authors present American history?

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

4. What happens in 'chaotic time' according to the authors?

5. Eventually, what happens to circular cycles?

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