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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seasons of Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to individualism during the Third Turning according to the authors?
(a) It remains stagnant.
(b) It deteriorates.
(c) It grows strong.
(d) It weakens.

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

3. What happened to the Etruscans?
(a) The Victorians controlled them.
(b) They never realized history was cyclical.
(c) They refused to pay their bills.
(d) The Roman Empire replaced them.

4. As the book opens, how do the American people behave according to the authors?
(a) Strong and unified.
(b) Uneasy, aimless and adrift.
(c) Upset and angry.
(d) Tired and heavy.

5. What happens in 'linear time' according to the authors?
(a) It brings depression and we expect the worst.
(b) It brings inflation.
(c) It creates chaos.
(d) It brings hope and we never expect catastrophe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Arnold Toynbee's cycle characterized?

2. How do the authors present American history?

3. What do the authors believe Americans have lost?

4. What comprises the Second Turning according to the authors?

5. How often does each saeculum in the United States last?

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