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

2. When does a generation come to be recognized?
(a) When it reaches young adulthood.
(b) When it has power.
(c) When it reproduces.
(d) When it finishes school.

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 present it from present day backward.
(d) They turn history into prophesy.

4. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?
(a) Produce a kind of institutional memory that is reflected through the next cycle of generations.
(b) Write so history is recorded.
(c) Save money for happier times.
(d) Close down as a protective mechanism.

5. How does each generation experience each period of the cycle?
(a) With great discord.
(b) Every second year since its development.
(c) Different but tightly correlated stages of development.
(d) In harmony and cooperation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do many historians record cycles?

2. How do the authors and other historians view cycles of war?

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

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

5. What do all major cultures acknowledge according to the authors?

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