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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Seasons of Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the authors' fear as the book opens?
(a) People will not seriously read the book.
(b) History is being rewritten.
(c) Americans will not vote.
(d) The country is unraveling.

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

3. How do generations often define themselves according to the authors?
(a) By the former generation.
(b) Against the shadow of the generation two steps prior to them.
(c) By whatever the media says about them.
(d) With their parents' generation.

4. Where do seasons occur according to the authors?
(a) Within the education system.
(b) Across and within generations.
(c) Outdoors, four times a year.
(d) At historical museums.

5. What happens to civic order during the Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) It is strengthened.
(b) People question it but remain silent.
(c) It comes under attack from a new system of values.
(d) People renew their beliefs in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most recent second turning according to the authors?

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

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

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

5. What happens in 'linear time' according to the authors?

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