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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, A Fourth Turning Prophecy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?
(a) Write so history is recorded.
(b) Produce a kind of institutional memory that is reflected through the next cycle of generations.
(c) Save money for happier times.
(d) Close down as a protective mechanism.

2. What is a 'saeculum' according to the authors?
(a) The most recent cycle.
(b) The despair in communities.
(c) A utopia.
(d) A history that people ignore.

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

4. What did the Silent Generation wear?
(a) Gray flannel suit.
(b) Expensive clothing.
(c) Loud colors and makeup.
(d) Jeans.

5. What was the generational cycle of 1600?
(a) Religious and Arts Appreciation Generation.
(b) Wheatley's Philosophical Generation.
(c) Roman Countrymen Generation.
(d) Shakespeare's Elizabethan Generation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?

2. When was the Silent Generation born?

3. From their order of experiences, what do the authors say generations form?

4. What do the Firth Turnings in American history represent?

5. What year does the book's introduction address?

(see the answer key)

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