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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 happens in 'cyclical time' according to the authors?
(a) History hurts the minority.
(b) History starts and stops frequently.
(c) History cannot complete its beginnings.
(d) History repeats itself with only temporary progress.

2. The authors say that present day Americans continue to acknowledge what periodic cycle?
(a) Schooling.
(b) A Christian cycle of death and rebirth.
(c) Water and its forms.
(d) Jobs and retirements.

3. What comprises the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) The people strengthen civic institutions.
(b) The people become educated.
(c) The people wreck communities.
(d) The people destroy their health.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Medieval Christianity replace?

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

3. What do the authors think Americans could learn from historical cycles?

4. How often does each saeculum in the United States last?

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

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