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

2. What is the most recent second turning according to the authors?
(a) Lack of parenting in the 2000s.
(b) Sitcoms of the 1980s.
(c) Loud clothing of the 1990s.
(d) Tax revolts of the early 1980s.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do cycles in major cultures share according to the authors?

2. How often do new generations develop?

3. What year does the book's introduction address?

4. What do the authors believe Americans have lost?

5. What is a 'saeculum' according to the authors?

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