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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. When was Generation X discovered?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1999.

2. What is the most recent second turning according to the authors?
(a) Loud clothing of the 1990s.
(b) Sitcoms of the 1980s.
(c) Tax revolts of the early 1980s.
(d) Lack of parenting in the 2000s.

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

4. How frequently do these cycles of history repeat themselves?
(a) Throughout a century.
(b) Over dissimilar lengths of time.
(c) Throughout a decade.
(d) Over similar lengths of time.

5. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?
(a) Close down as a protective mechanism.
(b) Produce a kind of institutional memory that is reflected through the next cycle of generations.
(c) Save money for happier times.
(d) Write so history is recorded.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What fascinated the Romans according to the authors?

3. What do all major cultures acknowledge according to the authors?

4. What do children do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?

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

(see the answer key)

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