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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. How is Arnold Toynbee's cycle characterized?
(a) Marriage and divorce.
(b) War and peace.
(c) Wealth and poverty.
(d) Happiness and despair.

2. During the Third Turning, what happens to institutions according to the authors?
(a) They gain momentum.
(b) They destroy themselves.
(c) The strengthen.
(d) They weaken.

3. 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) People renew their beliefs in it.
(d) It comes under attack from a new system of values.

4. How does each generation experience each period of the cycle?
(a) Different but tightly correlated stages of development.
(b) Every second year since its development.
(c) In harmony and cooperation.
(d) With great discord.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What fascinated the Romans according to the authors?

4. When was Generation X discovered?

5. What did the Etruscans know?

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