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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of eras are Fourth Turnings?
(a) Crisis eras.
(b) Crusade eras.
(c) New eras.
(d) Old eras.

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

6. How do the authors end the book?
(a) Giving facts of our futures.
(b) Providing warnings.
(c) Asking questions for the future.
(d) Reciting history lessons.

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

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

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

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

11. According to the authors, what do Artists do during Third Turnings?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Speed up social change.
(c) Save money.
(d) Grow religious conflicts.

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

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

14. According to the authors, what might happen if Americans weather our Fourth Turning well?
(a) Our futures will be controlled by others.
(b) Much of the world will disown us.
(c) Much of the world would follow.
(d) Americans will be wealthy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the Fourth Turning signal, according to the authors?

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

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

4. What do Prophets do during a Fourth Turning according to the authors?

5. By 1984, what emerged as the culture debate according to the authors?

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