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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. When was the Silent Generation born?

2. What influences Americans' view of the First Turning according to the authors?

3. What will happen with a revolutionary change?

4. In America's saeculum in the First Turning, what is the range of the period?

5. What were Jon Edwards and William Lloyd Garrison considered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the time it takes for a generation to be recognized as the authors present this information?

2. Why is a Second Turning called an 'awakening'?

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

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

5. How do rhythms in social indicators reflect turnings?

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

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

8. How do the 'cabbage patch kids' raising influence their adulthood according to the authors?

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

10. According to the authors, which archetype creates the most problems during the Fourth Turning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do the authors maintain an objective tone about historical events? Is this a necessary tone? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Do the authors prove that cycles are circular in a "perfect and unbreakable repetition"? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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

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