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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should Americans avoid "today" according to the authors?
(a) Creating controversy.
(b) Being ideological.
(c) Gaining power.
(d) Saving money.

2. In 1984, what was a part of American life according to the authors?
(a) Fun and wearable clothes.
(b) The search for inner meaning.
(c) A perfect diet food.
(d) Television sitcoms that entertained.

3. When was the book published?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1959.
(d) 2005.

4. In preparation for the Fourth Turning, what do the authors think Americans should do with institutions?
(a) Throw money at them.
(b) Experiment with them.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Save them.

5. What are Americans all part of according to the authors?
(a) A vast reach of time.
(b) God.
(c) A hold on other countries.
(d) Inevitable decline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major event do the authors think could the next cycle bring?

2. What is an example that the authors give about a major event that the next cycle might bring?

3. What do Awakenings do for people according to the authors?

4. Who often misses seasonal changes according to the authors?

5. Throughout the Unraveling, what does the Silent Generation prefer according to the authors?

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