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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 a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'prophets'?
(a) Midlife.
(b) Young adults.
(c) Elder.
(d) Birth.

2. In America's saeculum in the First Turning, what is the range of the period?
(a) World War I and World War II.
(b) The end of World War II and the Kennedy Assassination.
(c) The end of the Civil War and the start of World War II.
(d) The Great Depression and the Vietnam conflict ending.

3. What were Jon Edwards and William Lloyd Garrison considered?
(a) Artists.
(b) Nomads.
(c) Prophets.
(d) Heroes.

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

5. What were Jackson, Woodrow Wilson and Colin Powell considered?
(a) Heroes.
(b) Elder prophets.
(c) Nomads.
(d) Artists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comprises the Third Turning according to the authors?

2. What will happen with a revolutionary change?

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

4. What do the authors believe Americans have lost?

5. What do the Firth Turnings in American history represent?

(see the answer key)

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