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

2. According to the authors, Americans identify generations by determining what?
(a) The length of a generation.
(b) The wealth a generation forms.
(c) The discord within a generation.
(d) The death from a generation.

3. How do Americans view the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) As a 'low.'
(b) As a 'high.'
(c) As promising.
(d) As depressing.

4. Where do seasons occur according to the authors?
(a) Across and within generations.
(b) Outdoors, four times a year.
(c) Within the education system.
(d) At historical museums.

5. In 1984, what happened to social structures of unity according to the authors?
(a) They grew stronger.
(b) They had collapsed.
(c) They showed signs of weakness.
(d) Artists began fixing them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Arnold Toynbee's cycle characterized?

2. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?

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

4. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'nomads'?

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

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