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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 was the generational cycle of 1690?
(a) King Carter's Glorious Generation.
(b) The Slavery Generation.
(c) Queen Elizabeth's Religious Generation.
(d) John Smith's Exploratory Generation.

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the book opens, how do the American people behave according to the authors?

2. What was the generational cycle of 1740?

3. According to the authors, Americans identify generations by determining what?

4. What do young adults act like in the general cycle of life according to the authors?

5. How did the Lost Generation treat social life?

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