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

2. What were John Adams and Dwight Eisenhower considered?
(a) Artists.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Elder prophets.
(d) Nomads.

3. What does a gray champion tell about a time period?
(a) The period was one of wealth.
(b) The period had many accomplishments.
(c) The period was one of great peril.
(d) The period gave hope to many.

4. What was the generational cycle of 1790?
(a) The Pre-Civil War Generation.
(b) George Whitefield's Writing Generation.
(c) John Wesley's Methodist Generation.
(d) Thomas Jefferson's Republican Generation.

5. The authors say that present day Americans continue to acknowledge what periodic cycle?
(a) Water and its forms.
(b) A Christian cycle of death and rebirth.
(c) Jobs and retirements.
(d) Schooling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen with a revolutionary change?

2. What were Jackson, Woodrow Wilson and Colin Powell considered?

3. What do the authors mean when they state all cycles are circular?

4. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'heroes'?

5. How did the Lost Generation treat social life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the general cycle of life as presented in Chapter 3, Seasons of Life?

2. What do the authors think about the upcoming Fourth Turning?

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

4. Why is the length of a saeculum in the United States significant?

5. According to the authors, what does it take to bring on a revolutionary change?

6. What do many of the Fourth Turnings the authors show as examples have in common?

7. What are the authors' recommendations concerning seasonal activities?

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

9. In Western history, how do historians often present periodic history?

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

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