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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the authors' fear as the book opens?
(a) History is being rewritten.
(b) People will not seriously read the book.
(c) Americans will not vote.
(d) The country is unraveling.

11. What has the Third Turning brought to living standards?
(a) Improvements.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Danger.

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

13. In America's saeculum in the First Turning, what is the range of the period?
(a) The Great Depression and the Vietnam conflict ending.
(b) World War I and World War II.
(c) The end of World War II and the Kennedy Assassination.
(d) The end of the Civil War and the start of World War II.

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

15. What comprises the Fourth Turning according to the authors?
(a) Help and compassion.
(b) The past turning.
(c) Utopia.
(d) A saecular revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in 'chaotic time' according to the authors?

2. What was the generational cycle of 1600?

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

4. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'nomads'?

5. How do generations behave with the concept of 'acting according to your season' according to the authors?

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