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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Gray Champions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens during a second turning?
(a) Nomads are born.
(b) Heroes are young adults.
(c) Artists become elders.
(d) Elder prophets die.

2. What do elders do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Wield power.
(b) Raise children .
(c) Lead and transfer values.
(d) Look toward retirement.

3. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'children'?
(a) Prophets.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Artists.
(d) Nomads.

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

5. What do gray champions do to the Fourth Turning?
(a) Bring the Fourth Turning to a climax.
(b) Close the Fourth Turning.
(c) Grow relationships during the Fourth Turning.
(d) Create conflict in the Fourth Turning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does each generation experience each period of the cycle?

2. How do generations behave with the concept of 'acting according to your season' according to the authors?

3. What does Mt. Rushmore represent according to the authors?

4. Why do the authors look toward prophecy?

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

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