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

2. How do many historians record cycles?
(a) Birth records.
(b) Revitalizations
(c) Depressions.
(d) War.

3. What was the generational cycle of 1740?
(a) Jonathan Edward's Awakening Generation.
(b) Philadelphia's Growing Generation.
(c) Washington's Country Generation.
(d) The Family Values Generation.

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

5. How did the Lost Generation treat social life?
(a) Social life was for security.
(b) Social life was for religion.
(c) Social life was for exploitation.
(d) Social life kept family traditions alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. From their order of experiences, what do the authors say generations form?

2. What represents the Baby Boomers according to the authors?

3. What fascinated the Romans according to the authors?

4. What were Jon Edwards and William Lloyd Garrison considered?

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

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