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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should Americans focus on "today" according to the authors?
(a) Social safety nets.
(b) Values.
(c) Personal relationships.
(d) Technology and diversity.

2. According to the authors, what do all Third Turnings consist of?
(a) Religion and education.
(b) Social decay and individualism.
(c) Starvation and poverty.
(d) Shared goods and community.

3. Who do the authors imagine as a possible gray champion?
(a) Al Gore.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Rush Limbaugh.

4. What best describes the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Humanitarian demise.
(b) Huge monetary gains.
(c) Great social upheaval.
(d) Small educational progression.

5. According to the authors, what do parents of Heroes do?
(a) Protect them against social conflict.
(b) Discourage them from growing up and leaving home.
(c) Put them to work early in life.
(d) Allow them to grow without traditional constraints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What in a Fourth Turning cannot be foreseen, according to the authors?

2. What did the Silent Generation do involving social reform according to the authors?

3. What brought out Americans' spiritual searching during the Second Turning according to the authors?

4. According to the authors, how should Americans prepare for the next season, economically?

5. What type of activities should Americans participate in as the Fourth Turning approaches?

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