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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The First Turning, American High (1946-1964).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to individualism during the Third Turning according to the authors?
(a) It remains stagnant.
(b) It grows strong.
(c) It weakens.
(d) It deteriorates.

2. How often do new generations develop?
(a) Every 17 to 24 years.
(b) About 10 years.
(c) Once every 50 years.
(d) Every 24-46 years.

3. Why do the authors look toward prophecy?
(a) Their goals for the audience shift.
(b) This is a transition in their material.
(c) This is a different topic.
(d) They have predicted all they can.

4. How is Arnold Toynbee's cycle characterized?
(a) Happiness and despair.
(b) Marriage and divorce.
(c) War and peace.
(d) Wealth and poverty.

5. What was the generational cycle of 1640?
(a) King George's Tax Generation.
(b) John Winthrop's Puritan Generation.
(c) Religious Reform Generation.
(d) The Queen's Educated Generation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Etruscans know?

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

3. How do Americans view the First Turning according to the authors?

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

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

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