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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens during a first turning?
(a) Heroes are young adults.
(b) Elder prophets die.
(c) Nomads are born.
(d) Artists become elders.

2. From their order of experiences, what do the authors say generations form?
(a) Rebellion that changes society.
(b) Constellations of a sort.
(c) Musical era in their hearts.
(d) Families that grow together.

3. What happens in 'chaotic time' according to the authors?
(a) History repeats itself.
(b) History quickly finishes.
(c) History brings happiness.
(d) History has no path.

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

5. What happens to old values during the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) People improve them.
(b) People abandon them.
(c) People embrace them.
(d) People change them.

6. What comprises the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) An era of spiritual rebirth.
(b) A time period of chaos.
(c) A time period of drug use.
(d) An era of education.

7. How is Arnold Toynbee's cycle characterized?
(a) Wealth and poverty.
(b) Marriage and divorce.
(c) Happiness and despair.
(d) War and peace.

8. What is another name for a 'gray champion'?
(a) A deceased leader.
(b) A saluki.
(c) An elder prophet.
(d) A formerly black champion.

9. Through what do the cycles require rebirth?
(a) Work.
(b) Money.
(c) Recreation.
(d) Connections.

10. What is the authors' fear as the book opens?
(a) People will not seriously read the book.
(b) Americans will not vote.
(c) History is being rewritten.
(d) The country is unraveling.

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

12. What is the most recent second turning according to the authors?
(a) Loud clothing of the 1990s.
(b) Tax revolts of the early 1980s.
(c) Sitcoms of the 1980s.
(d) Lack of parenting in the 2000s.

13. What was the generational cycle of 1600?
(a) Shakespeare's Elizabethan Generation.
(b) Religious and Arts Appreciation Generation.
(c) Wheatley's Philosophical Generation.
(d) Roman Countrymen Generation.

14. What year does the book's introduction address?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1997.
(d) 2010.

15. What is a 'saeculum' according to the authors?
(a) A utopia.
(b) The most recent cycle.
(c) The despair in communities.
(d) A history that people ignore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is reflected in future generations according to the authors?

2. What were Jackson, Woodrow Wilson and Colin Powell considered?

3. Under what conditions did the Baby Boomers grow up according to the authors?

4. What was the generational cycle of 1790?

5. During the Third Turning, what happens to institutions according to the authors?

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