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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. What happens to civic order during the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) It is strengthened.
(b) People renew their beliefs in it.
(c) It comes under attack from a new system of values.
(d) People question it but remain silent.

2. How do generations often define themselves according to the authors?
(a) By whatever the media says about them.
(b) With their parents' generation.
(c) By the former generation.
(d) Against the shadow of the generation two steps prior to them.

3. Where do seasons occur according to the authors?
(a) Outdoors, four times a year.
(b) Across and within generations.
(c) Within the education system.
(d) At historical museums.

4. How frequently do these cycles of history repeat themselves?
(a) Throughout a decade.
(b) Over dissimilar lengths of time.
(c) Over similar lengths of time.
(d) Throughout a century.

5. What do all major cultures acknowledge according to the authors?
(a) Educational needs.
(b) Artistic influences.
(c) Religious historical cycles.
(d) Transportation necessities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When is the cycle of archetypes formed according to the authors?

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

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

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

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