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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 comprises the Fourth Turning according to the authors?
(a) The past turning.
(b) A saecular revolution.
(c) Help and compassion.
(d) Utopia.

2. What is the authors' fear as the book opens?
(a) People will not seriously read the book.
(b) The country is unraveling.
(c) Americans will not vote.
(d) History is being rewritten.

3. During the Third Turning, what happens to institutions according to the authors?
(a) They destroy themselves.
(b) They gain momentum.
(c) They weaken.
(d) The strengthen.

4. What fascinated the Romans according to the authors?
(a) The Etrucan idea of a periodic cycle.
(b) Battle scenes and rescues.
(c) Hospitals and medical personnel.
(d) Their future earnings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do generations often define themselves according to the authors?

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

3. What did the Silent Generation wear?

4. According to the authors, Americans identify generations by determining what?

5. How do the authors and other historians view cycles of war?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the authors, which archetype creates the most problems during the Fourth Turning?

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

3. How did people behave when the book was written?

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

5. How do rhythms coexist with free will and the role of accidents?

6. How do archetypes interact during a Fourth Turning?

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

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

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

10. What role do the authors say the Baby Boomer Generation played in the massive changes of the 1960-70s?

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