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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) Nomads are born.
(c) Elder prophets die.
(d) Artists become elders.

2. What did Medieval Christianity replace?
(a) The Victorians.
(b) The Etruscans.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The Roman Empire.

3. What describes the Baby Boomers' educations according to the authors?
(a) Poor.
(b) Nonexistent.
(c) Excellent.
(d) Sub-par.

4. During the First Turning, what was the American family like?
(a) Beyond question and suburban.
(b) Simple and plain.
(c) Broken and spiritless.
(d) Tired and cruel.

5. When does a generation come to be recognized?
(a) When it finishes school.
(b) When it reproduces.
(c) When it reaches young adulthood.
(d) When it has power.

6. What happens in 'cyclical time' according to the authors?
(a) History hurts the minority.
(b) History cannot complete its beginnings.
(c) History starts and stops frequently.
(d) History repeats itself with only temporary progress.

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

8. What were Jackson, Woodrow Wilson and Colin Powell considered?
(a) Nomads.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Elder prophets.
(d) Artists.

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

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

11. What will happen with a revolutionary change?
(a) Conflicts resolve themselves.
(b) A new gray champion.
(c) Old money will disappear.
(d) New educations will form.

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

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

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

15. What happens to individualism during the Third Turning according to the authors?
(a) It deteriorates.
(b) It weakens.
(c) It remains stagnant.
(d) It grows strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during the fourth tide?

2. How often does each saeculum in the United States last?

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

4. What were Jefferson and Reagan considered?

5. What purpose does the Nomads' exhaustion from revolutionary change have?

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