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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the authors give the responsibility to concerning history at the end of the next saeculum?
(a) God.
(b) Americans.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Other countries.

2. When do the authors predict the resolution of the Fourth Turning might come?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2026.
(c) 2222.
(d) 2005.

3. In preparation, how do the authors think Americans should solve local problems?
(a) Prepare new communities.
(b) Gain trust.
(c) Raise taxes.
(d) Support local stores.

4. What is an example that the authors give about a major event that the next cycle might bring?
(a) The end of religious beliefs.
(b) The end of mankind.
(c) Transportation changes.
(d) Medical overhauls.

5. When do the authors predict the catalyst even of the Fourth Turning occurring?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1959.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2000.

6. According to the authors, what will 13er politicians do during the pre-crisis?
(a) Spend out of budget.
(b) Make peace with other countries.
(c) Mediate conflicts.
(d) Create worthless laws.

7. What will the Fourth Turning signal, according to the authors?
(a) The revitalization of America's youth.
(b) The absolute bottom of the American spirit and its regeneration.
(c) Opportunities for the youth.
(d) The best parts of America.

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

9. What do Awakenings do for people according to the authors?
(a) Grow accountability and spirituality.
(b) Create hostility.
(c) Change cultures and renew the spirit.
(d) Bond old traditional ideas to new ones.

10. According to the authors, what did the 1773 Fourth Turning grow out of?
(a) An inability to find spies.
(b) A smoldering discontent.
(c) A need to protect the new country.
(d) A movement of breaking with family.

11. How do the authors argue that we should feel about the Fourth Turning?
(a) Scared.
(b) Limited.
(c) Unlimited.
(d) Aware.

12. As the authors believe, what does the Silent Generation realize as they become 'neoseniors'?
(a) They have not saved enouch money.
(b) They have accomplished little.
(c) Their children dislike them.
(d) They are the greatest generation.

13. What in a Fourth Turning can be foreseen, according to the authors?
(a) A political takeover.
(b) A change of traditions.
(c) A disagreement.
(d) A catalyst.

14. How should Americans avoid seeing history according to the authors?
(a) As reversible.
(b) As inevitable progress.
(c) As lies.
(d) As unimportant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What major event do the authors think could the next cycle bring?

2. What was the GI Generation's reputation during the Second Turning according to the authors?

3. What brought out Americans' spiritual searching during the Second Turning according to the authors?

4. According to the authors, what do Awakenings embody?

5. What happened economically during the Second Turning?

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