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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In preparation for the Fourth Turning, what do the authors think Americans should do with institutions?
(a) Throw money at them.
(b) Ignore them.
(c) Save them.
(d) Experiment with them.

2. What should Americans focus on "today" according to the authors?
(a) Values.
(b) Social safety nets.
(c) Technology and diversity.
(d) Personal relationships.

3. According to the authors, what do parents of Heroes do?
(a) Allow them to grow without traditional constraints.
(b) Protect them against social conflict.
(c) Put them to work early in life.
(d) Discourage them from growing up and leaving home.

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

5. In pre-crisis years, how do the authors predict people will feel about government benefits?
(a) Distrustful of them.
(b) Entitled to them.
(c) Distant from them.
(d) Thankful for them.

6. According to the authors, what do Awakenings embody?
(a) Male and female role reversals.
(b) Creations of beauty in architecture.
(c) Strong family ties.
(d) Strong extremes between cultural symbols.

7. In 1984, what was a part of American life according to the authors?
(a) Television sitcoms that entertained.
(b) Fun and wearable clothes.
(c) A perfect diet food.
(d) The search for inner meaning.

8. What happens to Nomads during a Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) They become stronger.
(b) Others ignore them.
(c) They die.
(d) They gain money.

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

10. How do crisis eras begin?
(a) With the end of religion.
(b) With new presidents.
(c) With catalysts.
(d) With American disagreements with other countries.

11. What brought out Americans' spiritual searching during the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Both Kennedy brothers' deaths.
(b) Racial inequality.
(c) The Moon Landing and Woodstock.
(d) Opposition to the Nixon Administration.

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

13. What type of activities should Americans participate in as the Fourth Turning approaches?
(a) Seasonal.
(b) Monetary.
(c) Community.
(d) Educational.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the authors give the responsibility to concerning history at the end of the next saeculum?

2. As the book closes, what do the authors emphasize that Americans should understand about time?

3. What in a Fourth Turning cannot be foreseen, according to the authors?

4. What will Boomers want to do during economic trouble according to the authors?

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

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