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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Third Turning: Culture Wars (1984-2005?).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do children do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Eat.
(b) Grow.
(c) Complain.
(d) Steal.

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

3. What do cycles in major cultures share according to the authors?
(a) A changing of clothing styles.
(b) An idea of a male God.
(c) A change in transportation.
(d) They follow several rules.

4. Under what conditions did the Baby Boomers grow up according to the authors?
(a) They were spoiled and lacked discipline.
(b) They sufferred as child laborers.
(c) They understood difficult financial times.
(d) They wre treated harshly.

5. What hit the Lost Generation hard?
(a) Two world wars and the Great Depression.
(b) Aging too quickly.
(c) A lack of education.
(d) New expectations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to civic order during the Second Turning according to the authors?

2. What brought out Americans' spiritual searching during the Second Turning according to the authors?

3. What is a 'saeculum' according to the authors?

4. How does the archetypal pattern begin?

5. When was the Silent Generation born?

(see the answer key)

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