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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Americans view the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) As a 'high.'
(b) As depressing.
(c) As a 'low.'
(d) As promising.

2. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'children'?
(a) Nomads.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Prophets.
(d) Artists.

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

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

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

6. When was Generation X discovered?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1990.

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

8. What was the clash of powerful personalities during the beginning of Anglo-American modernity?
(a) The North and the South.
(b) Wars of the Roses and the Protestant Reformation.
(c) Europe and America.
(d) The Allies and the Axis powers.

9. Why do the authors look toward prophecy?
(a) This is a transition in their material.
(b) They have predicted all they can.
(c) This is a different topic.
(d) Their goals for the audience shift.

10. How does the archetypal pattern begin?
(a) Old Prophets die.
(b) Future old Prophets are born.
(c) Old Prophets lose their jobs to the youth.
(d) Old Prophets write history.

11. What are examples of social indicators?
(a) Transportation means.
(b) Death rate.
(c) Clothing styles.
(d) Wage growth and political activism.

12. How does each generation experience each period of the cycle?
(a) Different but tightly correlated stages of development.
(b) Every second year since its development.
(c) In harmony and cooperation.
(d) With great discord.

13. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'prophets'?
(a) Midlife.
(b) Elder.
(c) Young adults.
(d) Birth.

14. How are revitalizations divided?
(a) Within communities.
(b) Into saeculums.
(c) By gender roles.
(d) Through monetary means.

15. 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) Family life and how to succeed while protecting it.
(d) Saving money for generations to come.

Short Answer Questions

1. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?

2. What happens during a third turning?

3. What was the generational cycle of 1690?

4. What was the generational cycle of 1790?

5. In determining a generation, what should one look for according to the authors?

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