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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Seasons of Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Arnold Toynbee's cycle characterized?
(a) War and peace.
(b) Marriage and divorce.
(c) Happiness and despair.
(d) Wealth and poverty.

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

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

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

5. What comprises the Fourth Turning according to the authors?
(a) Help and compassion.
(b) A saecular revolution.
(c) Utopia.
(d) The past turning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does each generation experience each period of the cycle?

3. How do many historians record cycles?

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

5. According to the authors, Americans identify generations by determining what?

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