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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1984, what happened to social structures of unity according to the authors?
(a) Artists began fixing them.
(b) They grew stronger.
(c) They had collapsed.
(d) They showed signs of weakness.

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

3. What will Boomers want to do during economic trouble according to the authors?
(a) Start community programs.
(b) Maintain their high-consuption life styles.
(c) Become frugal homebodies.
(d) Keep their children in line.

4. What in a Fourth Turning cannot be foreseen, according to the authors?
(a) Crises.
(b) An American civil war.
(c) A keeping with old ideas.
(d) A monetary tragedy.

5. When do the authors predict the resolution of the Fourth Turning might come?
(a) 2222.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2026.
(d) 2005.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Americans all part of according to the authors?

2. If Americans miss opportunities for accomplishment, how do the authors say they are incorrectly viewing history?

3. What will the pre-crisis years see in the Fourth Turning according to the authors?

4. By 1984, what had Boomers realized according to the authors?

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

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