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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. According to the authors, Americans identify generations by determining what?
(a) The wealth a generation forms.
(b) The discord within a generation.
(c) The death from a generation.
(d) The length of a generation.

2. When was Generation X discovered?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1990.

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

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

5. What do midlifers do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Look toward retirement.
(b) Raise children.
(c) Increase religious study.
(d) Wield power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do seasons occur according to the authors?

2. According to the authors, what have people sought to redefine in the last 150 years?

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

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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