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

2. What year does the book's introduction address?
(a) 1984.
(b) 2010.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1902.

3. What do Prophets do during a Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Challenge the failing value-stystem of older institutions.
(b) Create art and writings.
(c) Stay in seclusion.
(d) Attend medical and law school.

4. What happens in 'cyclical time' according to the authors?
(a) History cannot complete its beginnings.
(b) History hurts the minority.
(c) History starts and stops frequently.
(d) History repeats itself with only temporary progress.

5. What happened to the Etruscans?
(a) The Victorians controlled them.
(b) They never realized history was cyclical.
(c) The Roman Empire replaced them.
(d) They refused to pay their bills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Artists do during a Second Turning according to the authors?

2. By 1984, what had Boomers realized according to the authors?

3. How do many historians record cycles?

4. What happens to old values during the First Turning according to the authors?

5. What was the generational cycle of 1690?

(see the answer key)

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