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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 Awakenings do for people according to the authors?
(a) Grow accountability and spirituality.
(b) Change cultures and renew the spirit.
(c) Bond old traditional ideas to new ones.
(d) Create hostility.

2. How do the authors present American history?
(a) They divide chapters by generations.
(b) They present it from present day backward.
(c) They show different US presidents' points of view.
(d) They turn history into prophesy.

3. What happens to the New Prophets during the First Turning?
(a) New Prophets head to college.
(b) New Prophets gain money.
(c) New Prophets head to the job market.
(d) New Prophets are born.

4. What was the generational cycle of 1640?
(a) John Winthrop's Puritan Generation.
(b) The Queen's Educated Generation.
(c) Religious Reform Generation.
(d) King George's Tax Generation.

5. What comprises the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) The people strengthen civic institutions.
(b) The people become educated.
(c) The people destroy their health.
(d) The people wreck communities.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1984, what happened to social structures of unity according to the authors?

2. How are revitalizations divided?

3. What comprises the Second Turning according to the authors?

4. During the First Turning, why did Americans become conformists?

5. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?

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