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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 'linear time' according to the authors?
(a) It brings inflation.
(b) It brings depression and we expect the worst.
(c) It creates chaos.
(d) It brings hope and we never expect catastrophe.

2. What is a 'saeculum' according to the authors?
(a) The most recent cycle.
(b) A utopia.
(c) A history that people ignore.
(d) The despair in communities.

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

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

5. How do many historians record cycles?
(a) Depressions.
(b) Revitalizations
(c) Birth records.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comprises the First Turning according to the authors?

2. How frequently do these cycles of history repeat themselves?

3. What did the Etruscans know?

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

5. During the Third Turning, what happens to institutions according to the authors?

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