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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Artists do during a Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Give away wealth.
(b) Gain more educations.
(c) Try to improve society.
(d) Ignore the youth.

2. What best describes the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Great social upheaval.
(b) Small educational progression.
(c) Humanitarian demise.
(d) Huge monetary gains.

3. What can Americans do wit the coming crisis of the Fourth Turning according to the authors?
(a) Prepare.
(b) Remain to ourselves.
(c) Hide.
(d) Stay with the status quo.

4. If Americans miss opportunities for accomplishment, how do the authors say they are incorrectly viewing history?
(a) As unimportant.
(b) Inevitable decline.
(c) As inevitable decline.
(d) As inevitable progress.

5. According to the authors, what do Heroes do during a Second Turning?
(a) Create wealth.
(b) Become elders.
(c) Forget their ambitions.
(d) Raise Artists.

6. As the book closes, what do the authors emphasize that Americans should understand about time?
(a) It never begins anew.
(b) It is not linear.
(c) It is not cyclial.
(d) God controls time.

7. According to the authors, what did the 1929 Fourth Turning grow out of?
(a) The president's assassination.
(b) A keeping with customs.
(c) The demeaning attitudes of the majority.
(d) A materialistic 1920s.

8. According to the authors, how should Americans prepare for the next season, economically?
(a) Families should save money but live well.
(b) People should shop freely.
(c) Families should save their money.
(d) People should donate to their communities.

9. What major event do the authors think could the next cycle bring?
(a) A new generation.
(b) Something small.
(c) Anything major.
(d) Different monetary beliefs.

10. In 1984, what happened to social structures of unity according to the authors?
(a) They grew stronger.
(b) Artists began fixing them.
(c) They had collapsed.
(d) They showed signs of weakness.

11. What do Nomads do during a Fourth Turning according to the authors?
(a) Fight against the failures of social crusades.
(b) Keep traditions alive.
(c) Produce the next crisis.
(d) Protect society.

12. When was the book published?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1959.

13. According to the authors, what will the 13ers bring to mid-life during the Fourth Turning?
(a) Their dismal education.
(b) Their self-confidence.
(c) Their lack of self-worth.
(d) Their lack of social awareness.

14. By 1984, what had Boomers realized according to the authors?
(a) They had indulged themselves.
(b) They wanted to change their pasts.
(c) They needed to retire.
(d) They needed to free their children.

15. What was the GI Generation's reputation during the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Peace keepers and homemakers.
(b) The saddest group of men.
(c) Homewreckers and school dropouts.
(d) The greatest generation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Awakenings do for people according to the authors?

2. What options for a catalyst of the Fourth Turning do the authors suggest?

3. In pre-crisis years, how do the authors predict people will feel about government benefits?

4. According to the authors, what might happen if Americans weather our Fourth Turning well?

5. What will the catalyst of the Fourth Turning trigger according to the authors?

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