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

2. What do the authors believe Americans have lost?
(a) The proper philosophy of time.
(b) The proper belief in education.
(c) The healthy part of life.
(d) The correct use of money.

3. During the First Turning, why did Americans become conformists?
(a) Their lack of money.
(b) Their new technology.
(c) Their confidence.
(d) Their overly-educated youth.

4. How do Americans view the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) As depressing.
(b) As a 'high.'
(c) As promising.
(d) As a 'low.'

5. What comprises the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) The people strengthen civic institutions.
(b) The people destroy their health.
(c) The people become educated.
(d) The people wreck communities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the generational cycle of 1640?

2. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'children'?

3. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?

4. What was the First Turning's time period like?

5. When was Generation X discovered?

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