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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do all major cultures acknowledge according to the authors?

2. How frequently do these cycles of history repeat themselves?

3. Through what do the cycles require rebirth?

4. What happens to old values during the First Turning according to the authors?

5. How do the authors and other historians view cycles of war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do First Turnings throughout history represent, according to the authors?

2. How did people behave when the book was written?

3. What do the authors say are the problems with chaotic and linear time?

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

5. How did the Silent Generation behave during the First Turning according to the authors?

6. What is wrong with the generation in 1997 according to the book?

7. As the authors present the information, why are 'seasons' across and within generations?

8. How did the Lost Generation behave during the First Turning, according to the authors?

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

10. According to the authors, why are Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan considered heroes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From reading the book, are the authors correct to worry about our country? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two turnings. What do their differences and similarities say about the concept of turnings?

Essay Topic 3

What generation provided the most change in American history? Why?

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