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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 midlifers do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Raise children.
(b) Wield power.
(c) Look toward retirement.
(d) Increase religious study.

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

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

4. According to the authors, what have people sought to redefine in the last 150 years?
(a) Saving money for generations to come.
(b) The way the media reacts to generations.
(c) The concept of the generation.
(d) Family life and how to succeed while protecting it.

5. In 1984, what was a part of American life according to the authors?
(a) The search for inner meaning.
(b) Television sitcoms that entertained.
(c) A perfect diet food.
(d) Fun and wearable clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during a third turning?

2. What do cycles in major cultures share according to the authors?

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

4. What options for a catalyst of the Fourth Turning do the authors suggest?

5. According to the authors, Americans identify generations by determining what?

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