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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Eternal Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the authors give the responsibility to concerning history at the end of the next saeculum?
(a) Americans.
(b) God.
(c) Other countries.
(d) Politicians.

2. What do elders do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Lead and transfer values.
(b) Raise children .
(c) Look toward retirement.
(d) Wield power.

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

4. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'nomads'?
(a) Elder.
(b) Birth.
(c) Young adults.
(d) Midlife.

5. What fascinated the Romans according to the authors?
(a) Battle scenes and rescues.
(b) The Etrucan idea of a periodic cycle.
(c) Their future earnings.
(d) Hospitals and medical personnel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Jefferson and Reagan considered?

2. What influences Americans' view of the First Turning according to the authors?

3. How do crisis eras begin?

4. What should Americans avoid "today" according to the authors?

5. What represents the Baby Boomers according to the authors?

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