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

2. What will happen with a revolutionary change?
(a) New educations will form.
(b) Old money will disappear.
(c) A new gray champion.
(d) Conflicts resolve themselves.

3. What happens in 'chaotic time' according to the authors?
(a) History quickly finishes.
(b) History has no path.
(c) History brings happiness.
(d) History repeats itself.

4. What did Medieval Christianity replace?
(a) The Roman Empire.
(b) The Etruscans.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The Victorians.

5. When did the American saecular cycle begin?
(a) During the Civil War.
(b) In the beginning of Ango-American modernity.
(c) At the start of World War I.
(d) When King George III taxed America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to civic order during the Second Turning according to the authors?

2. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?

3. What are examples of social indicators?

4. What were John Adams and Dwight Eisenhower considered?

5. In determining a generation, what should one look for according to the authors?

Short Essay Questions

1. What catalyst occurred during our Fourth Turning from the authors' viewpoint?

2. How do generations correlate to certain personality archetypes according to the authors?

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

4. Do the authors seem to stress learning about all revitalizations or movements?

5. How do the authors characterize the 1960-70s?

6. What do First Turnings throughout history represent, according to the authors?

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

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

9. In the authors' views, how does the Silent Generation try to change the concept of 'aging'?

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

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