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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Americans all part of according to the authors?
(a) A vast reach of time.
(b) God.
(c) A hold on other countries.
(d) Inevitable decline.

2. By 1984, what emerged as the culture debate according to the authors?
(a) The Best Television Program.
(b) The Most Influential Person.
(c) The American Way of Life.
(d) The Technological Advancement.

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

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

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

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

7. If Americans engage in postseasonal behaviors, what do the authors say will happen?
(a) We will not save money.
(b) We will ruin new relationships.
(c) We will not understand our children.
(d) We will be unhappy.

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

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

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

11. Who often misses seasonal changes according to the authors?
(a) Republicans and Democrats.
(b) Artists.
(c) Elders.
(d) Police.

12. What should Americans avoid "today" according to the authors?
(a) Being ideological.
(b) Saving money.
(c) Gaining power.
(d) Creating controversy.

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

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

15. What did the Silent Generation do involving social reform according to the authors?
(a) Sought to improve it.
(b) Hired others to help with it.
(c) Kept it hidden in the media.
(d) Ignored it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the authors suggest Americans prevent the Fourth Turning?

2. In 1984, what was a part of American life according to the authors?

3. According to the authors, how should Americans prepare for the next season, economically?

4. According to the authors, how do Artists socially interact during Third Turnings?

5. What do the authors think extends a saeculum backward and a saeculum forward?

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