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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. According to the authors, what have people sought to redefine in the last 150 years?
(a) Saving money for generations to come.
(b) The concept of the generation.
(c) Family life and how to succeed while protecting it.
(d) The way the media reacts to generations.

2. What happens to old values during the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) People change them.
(b) People embrace them.
(c) People improve them.
(d) People abandon them.

3. What were Jon Edwards and William Lloyd Garrison considered?
(a) Heroes.
(b) Nomads.
(c) Prophets.
(d) Artists.

4. What did the Silent Generation wear?
(a) Expensive clothing.
(b) Jeans.
(c) Loud colors and makeup.
(d) Gray flannel suit.

5. What describes the Baby Boomers' educations according to the authors?
(a) Poor.
(b) Sub-par.
(c) Excellent.
(d) Nonexistent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hit the Lost Generation hard?

2. What do the authors mean when they state all cycles are circular?

3. What happened to the Etruscans?

4. In America's saeculum in the First Turning, what is the range of the period?

5. What do midlifers do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?

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