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

2. How often does each saeculum in the United States last?
(a) 150-200 years.
(b) 80-100 years.
(c) We don't know yet.
(d) A decade.

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

4. What comprises the Third Turning according to the authors?
(a) A weird hurried approach to life.
(b) An unraveling.
(c) Increase in wealth and education.
(d) Total destruction.

5. What fascinated the Romans according to the authors?
(a) Battle scenes and rescues.
(b) Hospitals and medical personnel.
(c) Their future earnings.
(d) The Etrucan idea of a periodic cycle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to civic order during the Second Turning according to the authors?

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

4. During the Third Turning, what happens to institutions according to the authors?

5. Where do seasons occur according to the authors?

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