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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Fourth Turnings in History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What in a Fourth Turning cannot be foreseen, according to the authors?
(a) Crises.
(b) A monetary tragedy.
(c) A keeping with old ideas.
(d) An American civil war.

2. Who controlled much of the world during the First Turning?
(a) The Lost Generation.
(b) The GI Generation.
(c) The Silent Generation.
(d) Generation X.

3. When does a generation come to be recognized?
(a) When it has power.
(b) When it finishes school.
(c) When it reaches young adulthood.
(d) When it reproduces.

4. What was the First Turning's time period like?
(a) American poverty and fear.
(b) American doubt and retreat.
(c) American dominance.
(d) England's hold over America.

5. During the First Turning, what was the American family like?
(a) Beyond question and suburban.
(b) Broken and spiritless.
(c) Simple and plain.
(d) Tired and cruel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the archetypal pattern begin?

2. How do generations often define themselves according to the authors?

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

4. What is reflected in future generations according to the authors?

5. According to the authors, what did the 1929 Fourth Turning grow out of?

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