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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What purpose does the Nomads' exhaustion from revolutionary change have?
(a) To spread wealth in the classes.
(b) To gain momentum in politics.
(c) To slow social change.
(d) To hurt other archetypes.

2. During the Third Turning, what happens to institutions according to the authors?
(a) They destroy themselves.
(b) They weaken.
(c) The strengthen.
(d) They gain momentum.

3. What was the generational cycle of 1690?
(a) The Slavery Generation.
(b) Queen Elizabeth's Religious Generation.
(c) King Carter's Glorious Generation.
(d) John Smith's Exploratory Generation.

4. As the book opens, how do the American people behave according to the authors?
(a) Strong and unified.
(b) Tired and heavy.
(c) Uneasy, aimless and adrift.
(d) Upset and angry.

5. What do the authors believe Americans have lost?
(a) The proper belief in education.
(b) The healthy part of life.
(c) The proper philosophy of time.
(d) The correct use of money.

6. Under what conditions did the Baby Boomers grow up according to the authors?
(a) They understood difficult financial times.
(b) They were spoiled and lacked discipline.
(c) They sufferred as child laborers.
(d) They wre treated harshly.

7. What do the authors mean when they state all cycles are circular?
(a) They are perfectly a century.
(b) They contain even numbers of years.
(c) They have perfect and unbreakable repetition.
(d) They eventually reach all stages.

8. What were Jefferson and Reagan considered?
(a) Heroes.
(b) Elder prophets.
(c) Artists.
(d) Nomads.

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

10. When was the Silent Generation born?
(a) 50s and 60s.
(b) 40s adn 50s.
(c) The 30s and 40s.
(d) Present day.

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

12. Who controlled much of the world during the First Turning?
(a) The GI Generation.
(b) The Silent Generation.
(c) Generation X.
(d) The Lost Generation.

13. Why are the men of Mt. Rushmore together according to the authors?
(a) They are historical figures.
(b) They are from the same time period.
(c) The four archetypes function together.
(d) They were friends.

14. What comprises the Third Turning according to the authors?
(a) Increase in wealth and education.
(b) A weird hurried approach to life.
(c) Total destruction.
(d) An unraveling.

15. What do gray champions do to the Fourth Turning?
(a) Close the Fourth Turning.
(b) Bring the Fourth Turning to a climax.
(c) Create conflict in the Fourth Turning.
(d) Grow relationships during the Fourth Turning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Arnold Toynbee's cycle characterized?

2. How does the archetypal pattern begin?

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

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

5. How do the authors and other historians view cycles of war?

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