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

2. What comprises the Third Turning according to the authors?
(a) Total destruction.
(b) Increase in wealth and education.
(c) A weird hurried approach to life.
(d) An unraveling.

3. What fascinated the Romans according to the authors?
(a) The Etrucan idea of a periodic cycle.
(b) Hospitals and medical personnel.
(c) Their future earnings.
(d) Battle scenes and rescues.

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

5. What do cycles in major cultures share according to the authors?
(a) A change in transportation.
(b) They follow several rules.
(c) An idea of a male God.
(d) A changing of clothing styles.

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

7. What happens during the fourth tide?
(a) Nomads are born.
(b) Elder prophets die.
(c) The heroes are young adults.
(d) Artists become elders.

8. How do the authors and other historians view cycles of war?
(a) The start and end of a crisis.
(b) As something Americans endure better than others.
(c) The death of one saeculum and the birth of the next.
(d) As necessary evils that people will never understand.

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

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

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

12. What happens to civic order during the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) People question it but remain silent.
(b) It comes under attack from a new system of values.
(c) It is strengthened.
(d) People renew their beliefs in it.

13. What purpose does the Nomads' exhaustion from revolutionary change have?
(a) To hurt other archetypes.
(b) To slow social change.
(c) To gain momentum in politics.
(d) To spread wealth in the classes.

14. How did the Lost Generation treat social life?
(a) Social life was for exploitation.
(b) Social life kept family traditions alive.
(c) Social life was for security.
(d) Social life was for religion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do all major cultures acknowledge according to the authors?

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

3. Where do seasons occur according to the authors?

4. When did the American saecular cycle begin?

5. What do the authors think Americans could learn from historical cycles?

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