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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often do new generations develop?
(a) Every 24-46 years.
(b) About 10 years.
(c) Every 17 to 24 years.
(d) Once every 50 years.

2. What does a gray champion tell about a time period?
(a) The period was one of wealth.
(b) The period had many accomplishments.
(c) The period was one of great peril.
(d) The period gave hope to many.

3. What did the Silent Generation wear?
(a) Expensive clothing.
(b) Jeans.
(c) Loud colors and makeup.
(d) Gray flannel suit.

4. 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.

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

6. What happens to the New Prophets during the First Turning?
(a) New Prophets head to the job market.
(b) New Prophets are born.
(c) New Prophets gain money.
(d) New Prophets head to college.

7. When did the American saecular cycle begin?
(a) At the start of World War I.
(b) During the Civil War.
(c) In the beginning of Ango-American modernity.
(d) When King George III taxed America.

8. What do the authors think Americans could learn from historical cycles?
(a) What to save money for.
(b) How to keep families together.
(c) What is in store for them.
(d) How to be kind.

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

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

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

12. What do children do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Complain.
(b) Steal.
(c) Grow.
(d) Eat.

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

14. Eventually, what happens to circular cycles?
(a) They disappear.
(b) They have a moment of discontinuity.
(c) They become stronger.
(d) They bore people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?

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

3. How do the authors present American history?

4. From their order of experiences, what do the authors say generations form?

5. What were Jefferson and Reagan considered?

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