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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 were Jackson, Woodrow Wilson and Colin Powell considered?

2. What happens in 'chaotic time' according to the authors?

3. What is a 'saeculum' according to the authors?

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

5. Under what conditions did the Baby Boomers grow up according to the authors?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is a First Turning called a 'high'?

3. Why does the name 'gray champion' fit an elder prophet?

4. What is the general cycle of life as presented in Chapter 3, Seasons of Life?

5. How do rhythms coexist with free will and the role of accidents?

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

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

8. Why do the authors delineate the idea of 'seasons of time'?

9. As the authors present information, how can a 'gray champion' bring the Fourth Turning to a climax?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The authors make a case that this knowledge could be used by people to predict their futures. What about human nature prevents humans from paying attention to such a pattern?

Essay Topic 2

What is the impact of this book to regular Americans? Was there an in impact at its publication? Is there one now?

Essay Topic 3

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

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