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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 young adults act like in the general cycle of life according to the authors?

2. What do midlifers do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?

3. Why are the men of Mt. Rushmore together according to the authors?

4. What will happen with a revolutionary change?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the authors remind readers once again against thinking of time as linear?

3. How do the authors characterize the Boomer Generation?

4. How do the authors characterize the 1960-70s?

5. According to the authors, why did Vietnam destroy the GI Generation's endless confidence?

6. What role do the authors say the Baby Boomer Generation played in the massive changes of the 1960-70s?

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

8. In the authors' views, how does the Silent Generation try to change the concept of 'aging'?

9. What problems do the authors say ideologies bring?

10. What do many of the Fourth Turnings the authors show as examples have in common?

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

Is the Gray Champion important to the overall cycle of time? How?

Essay Topic 3

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

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