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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. How do the authors present American history?
(a) They divide chapters by generations.
(b) They present it from present day backward.
(c) They turn history into prophesy.
(d) They show different US presidents' points of view.

2. What do cycles in major cultures share according to the authors?
(a) They follow several rules.
(b) An idea of a male God.
(c) A change in transportation.
(d) A changing of clothing styles.

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

4. What comprises the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) The people strengthen civic institutions.
(b) The people become educated.
(c) The people destroy their health.
(d) The people wreck communities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Arnold Toynbee's cycle characterized?

2. What happens to old values during the First Turning according to the authors?

3. Through what do the cycles require rebirth?

4. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?

5. During the Third Turning, what happens to institutions according to the authors?

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