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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. During the First Turning, what was the American family like?
(a) Broken and spiritless.
(b) Simple and plain.
(c) Beyond question and suburban.
(d) Tired and cruel.

2. When was Generation X discovered?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1999.

3. When is the cycle of archetypes formed according to the authors?
(a) Between opposing generations in the circle.
(b) During great harmony.
(c) During types of wealth.
(d) In years of war.

4. What do midlifers do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Wield power.
(b) Raise children.
(c) Look toward retirement.
(d) Increase religious study.

5. What do gray champions do to the Fourth Turning?
(a) Bring the Fourth Turning to a climax.
(b) Close the Fourth Turning.
(c) Create conflict in the Fourth Turning.
(d) Grow relationships during the Fourth Turning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in 'cyclical time' according to the authors?

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

3. What will happen with a revolutionary change?

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

5. How are revitalizations divided?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the authors characterize the Boomer Generation?

2. How did the Baby Boomers behave during the First Turning according to the authors?

3. How do rhythms in social indicators reflect turnings?

4. Why is a Second Turning called an 'awakening'?

5. Why do the authors say present-day Americans have an image of America's First Turning as a 'high'?

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

7. Why do generations often define themselves against the shadow of the generation two steps prior to them, according to the authors?

8. What did the authors predict about the economy, and has that happened?

9. Looking at the authors' information, why would the spirit of America decay during the Fourth Turning?

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

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