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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 comprises the Fourth Turning according to the authors?
(a) Help and compassion.
(b) Utopia.
(c) The past turning.
(d) A saecular revolution.

2. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?
(a) Four seasons.
(b) Three stages of life.
(c) Each century.
(d) Four weather elements.

3. Through what do the cycles require rebirth?
(a) Money.
(b) Work.
(c) Connections.
(d) Recreation.

4. What do the authors mean when they state all cycles are circular?
(a) They eventually reach all stages.
(b) They contain even numbers of years.
(c) They are perfectly a century.
(d) They have perfect and unbreakable repetition.

5. What do the authors believe Americans have lost?
(a) The correct use of money.
(b) The proper belief in education.
(c) The healthy part of life.
(d) The proper philosophy of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Medieval Christianity replace?

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

3. How do the authors and other historians view cycles of war?

4. What happens to individualism during the Third Turning according to the authors?

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

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