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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 do young adults act like in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Vital.
(b) Useless.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Tired.

2. What do Nomads do during a Fourth Turning according to the authors?
(a) Produce the next crisis.
(b) Protect society.
(c) Fight against the failures of social crusades.
(d) Keep traditions alive.

3. What happens to the New Prophets during the First Turning?
(a) New Prophets are born.
(b) New Prophets gain money.
(c) New Prophets head to the job market.
(d) New Prophets head to college.

4. According to the authors, what did the 1929 Fourth Turning grow out of?
(a) The demeaning attitudes of the majority.
(b) A keeping with customs.
(c) The president's assassination.
(d) A materialistic 1920s.

5. According to the authors, what have people sought to redefine in the last 150 years?
(a) The concept of the generation.
(b) The way the media reacts to generations.
(c) Family life and how to succeed while protecting it.
(d) Saving money for generations to come.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During the First Turning, why did Americans become conformists?

3. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?

4. According to the authors, Americans identify generations by determining what?

5. What was the First Turning's time period like?

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