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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, A Fourth Turning Prophecy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Firth Turnings in American history represent?
(a) The construction and ossification of a new social order.
(b) The destruction of a society.
(c) The building of a new government.
(d) Gender roles changing.

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

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

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

5. What will the pre-crisis years see in the Fourth Turning according to the authors?
(a) Disappearance of family values.
(b) Increasing distrust of the government.
(c) Hope in new politicians.
(d) Struggles with Elders.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the archetypal pattern begin?

2. What happens to civic order during the Second Turning according to the authors?

3. When was the spirit of America at its height according to the authors?

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

5. According to the authors, what do all Third Turnings consist of?

(see the answer key)

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