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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the generational cycle of 1690?
(a) John Smith's Exploratory Generation.
(b) The Slavery Generation.
(c) King Carter's Glorious Generation.
(d) Queen Elizabeth's Religious Generation.

2. What do the Firth Turnings in American history represent?
(a) The construction and ossification of a new social order.
(b) The building of a new government.
(c) The destruction of a society.
(d) Gender roles changing.

3. Why are the men of Mt. Rushmore together according to the authors?
(a) They were friends.
(b) The four archetypes function together.
(c) They are historical figures.
(d) They are from the same time period.

4. What was the clash of powerful personalities during the beginning of Anglo-American modernity?
(a) Wars of the Roses and the Protestant Reformation.
(b) The Allies and the Axis powers.
(c) The North and the South.
(d) Europe and America.

5. Who controlled much of the world during the First Turning?
(a) Generation X.
(b) The Lost Generation.
(c) The Silent Generation.
(d) The GI Generation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comprises the First Turning according to the authors?

2. How does each generation experience each period of the cycle?

3. During the First Turning, what was the American family like?

4. How is Arnold Toynbee's cycle characterized?

5. What does Mt. Rushmore represent according to the authors?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the authors present information, how can a 'gray champion' bring the Fourth Turning to a climax?

2. Why does the name 'gray champion' fit an elder prophet?

3. What effect does the authors' immediate statement of the theme have?

4. What do the authors predict as a major catalyst in 2005?

5. According to the authors, what happens differently from the Third Turning now in the Fourth Turning?

6. Why do the authors think Americans do not recognize cycles?

7. As the authors present the information, why are 'seasons' across and within generations?

8. What do the authors say are the problems with chaotic and linear time?

9. Why do the authors delineate the idea of 'seasons of time'?

10. How do the authors think Americans should feel about the Fourth Turning and why?

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