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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Cycles of History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do elders do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Raise children .
(b) Lead and transfer values.
(c) Look toward retirement.
(d) Wield power.

2. How often does each saeculum in the United States last?
(a) A decade.
(b) 150-200 years.
(c) We don't know yet.
(d) 80-100 years.

3. What happens during a first turning?
(a) Elder prophets die.
(b) Nomads are born.
(c) Heroes are young adults.
(d) Artists become elders.

4. What do the authors think Americans could learn from historical cycles?
(a) What to save money for.
(b) How to keep families together.
(c) How to be kind.
(d) What is in store for them.

5. What happens in 'cyclical time' according to the authors?
(a) History starts and stops frequently.
(b) History hurts the minority.
(c) History cannot complete its beginnings.
(d) History repeats itself with only temporary progress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do many historians record cycles?

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

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

4. When did the American saecular cycle begin?

5. The authors say that present day Americans continue to acknowledge what periodic cycle?

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