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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. When did the American saecular cycle begin?
(a) In the beginning of Ango-American modernity.
(b) When King George III taxed America.
(c) During the Civil War.
(d) At the start of World War I.

2. What brought out Americans' spiritual searching during the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Racial inequality.
(b) The Moon Landing and Woodstock.
(c) Both Kennedy brothers' deaths.
(d) Opposition to the Nixon Administration.

3. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?
(a) Four weather elements.
(b) Four seasons.
(c) Each century.
(d) Three stages of life.

4. What was the clash of powerful personalities during the beginning of Anglo-American modernity?
(a) The North and the South.
(b) Europe and America.
(c) The Allies and the Axis powers.
(d) Wars of the Roses and the Protestant Reformation.

5. What were Jefferson and Reagan considered?
(a) Heroes.
(b) Artists.
(c) Elder prophets.
(d) Nomads.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during a first turning?

2. According to the authors, what do Awakenings embody?

3. What were Jackson, Woodrow Wilson and Colin Powell considered?

4. Throughout the Unraveling, what does the Silent Generation prefer according to the authors?

5. What did the Silent Generation do involving social reform according to the authors?

(see the answer key)

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