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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 cycles in major cultures share according to the authors?
(a) They follow several rules.
(b) An idea of a male God.
(c) A changing of clothing styles.
(d) A change in transportation.

2. What comprises the Third Turning according to the authors?
(a) Total destruction.
(b) A weird hurried approach to life.
(c) Increase in wealth and education.
(d) An unraveling.

3. What did Medieval Christianity replace?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The Etruscans.
(c) The Victorians.
(d) The Roman Empire.

4. What comprises the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) A time period of chaos.
(b) An era of education.
(c) A time period of drug use.
(d) An era of spiritual rebirth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Arnold Toynbee's cycle characterized?

2. How do the authors and other historians view cycles of war?

3. What did the Etruscans know?

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

5. How do many historians record cycles?

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