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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The First Turning, American High (1946-1964).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the Etruscans?
(a) They refused to pay their bills.
(b) They never realized history was cyclical.
(c) The Victorians controlled them.
(d) The Roman Empire replaced them.

2. According to the authors, what have people sought to redefine in the last 150 years?
(a) Saving money for generations to come.
(b) The way the media reacts to generations.
(c) The concept of the generation.
(d) Family life and how to succeed while protecting it.

3. What comprises the Third Turning according to the authors?
(a) A weird hurried approach to life.
(b) Increase in wealth and education.
(c) An unraveling.
(d) Total destruction.

4. What does Mt. Rushmore represent according to the authors?
(a) Wealth.
(b) The four archetypes.
(c) Male dominance.
(d) History.

5. What happens during the fourth tide?
(a) Artists become elders.
(b) Elder prophets die.
(c) Nomads are born.
(d) The heroes are young adults.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Etruscans know?

2. What will happen with a revolutionary change?

3. What was the clash of powerful personalities during the beginning of Anglo-American modernity?

4. How do many historians record cycles?

5. What purpose does the Nomads' exhaustion from revolutionary change have?

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