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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the Etruscans?
(a) They refused to pay their bills.
(b) They never realized history was cyclical.
(c) The Victorians controlled them.
(d) The Roman Empire replaced them.

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

3. What was the generational cycle of 1790?
(a) The Pre-Civil War Generation.
(b) George Whitefield's Writing Generation.
(c) Thomas Jefferson's Republican Generation.
(d) John Wesley's Methodist Generation.

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

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

6. What do elders do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Raise children .
(b) Lead and transfer values.
(c) Wield power.
(d) Look toward retirement.

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

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

9. What do all major cultures acknowledge according to the authors?
(a) Religious historical cycles.
(b) Transportation necessities.
(c) Educational needs.
(d) Artistic influences.

10. What should Americans expect concerning living standards in the future according to the authors?
(a) Living standards will be stagnant.
(b) Living standards will improve quickly.
(c) Living standards will decline.
(d) Living standards will positively change slowly.

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

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

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

14. What were John Adams and Dwight Eisenhower considered?
(a) Nomads.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Elder prophets.
(d) Artists.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What fascinated the Romans according to the authors?

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

4. What influences Americans' view of the First Turning according to the authors?

5. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'children'?

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