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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 Third Turning according to the authors?
(a) Increase in wealth and education.
(b) Total destruction.
(c) An unraveling.
(d) A weird hurried approach to life.

2. How often do new generations develop?
(a) About 10 years.
(b) Every 17 to 24 years.
(c) Every 24-46 years.
(d) Once every 50 years.

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

4. As the book opens, how do the American people behave according to the authors?
(a) Uneasy, aimless and adrift.
(b) Tired and heavy.
(c) Upset and angry.
(d) Strong and unified.

5. What do cycles in major cultures share according to the authors?
(a) An idea of a male God.
(b) A changing of clothing styles.
(c) They follow several rules.
(d) A change in transportation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'children'?

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

3. What is a 'saeculum' according to the authors?

4. How are revitalizations divided?

5. What hit the Lost Generation hard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. According to the authors, why did Vietnam destroy the GI Generation's endless confidence?

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

6. According to the authors, what happens to generations when they pass through a crisis?

7. What should Americans do to prepare for the Fourth Turning according to the authors?

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

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

10. How do the authors characterize the Boomer Generation?

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