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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 did the Etruscans know?
(a) That food was sustainable.
(b) That money did not matter.
(c) That other cultures were stronger than theirs.
(d) That history was cyclical.

2. How are revitalizations divided?
(a) By gender roles.
(b) Through monetary means.
(c) Into saeculums.
(d) Within communities.

3. How do the authors present American history?
(a) They turn history into prophesy.
(b) They show different US presidents' points of view.
(c) They present it from present day backward.
(d) They divide chapters by generations.

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

5. What happens to individualism during the Third Turning according to the authors?
(a) It weakens.
(b) It grows strong.
(c) It remains stagnant.
(d) It deteriorates.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the most recent second turning according to the authors?

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

4. What is the authors' fear as the book opens?

5. As the book opens, how do the American people behave according to the authors?

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