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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Jackson, Woodrow Wilson and Colin Powell considered?
(a) Heroes.
(b) Elder prophets.
(c) Artists.
(d) Nomads.

2. The authors say that present day Americans continue to acknowledge what periodic cycle?
(a) Water and its forms.
(b) Schooling.
(c) Jobs and retirements.
(d) A Christian cycle of death and rebirth.

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

4. Who controlled much of the world during the First Turning?
(a) The GI Generation.
(b) The Lost Generation.
(c) The Silent Generation.
(d) Generation X.

5. What do cycles in major cultures share according to the authors?
(a) A change in transportation.
(b) A changing of clothing styles.
(c) They follow several rules.
(d) An idea of a male God.

6. What did Medieval Christianity replace?
(a) The Roman Empire.
(b) The Victorians.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The Etruscans.

7. How are revitalizations divided?
(a) Through monetary means.
(b) Within communities.
(c) Into saeculums.
(d) By gender roles.

8. What was the generational cycle of 1600?
(a) Religious and Arts Appreciation Generation.
(b) Roman Countrymen Generation.
(c) Shakespeare's Elizabethan Generation.
(d) Wheatley's Philosophical Generation.

9. What will happen with a revolutionary change?
(a) Conflicts resolve themselves.
(b) New educations will form.
(c) Old money will disappear.
(d) A new gray champion.

10. When is the cycle of archetypes formed according to the authors?
(a) During great harmony.
(b) In years of war.
(c) During types of wealth.
(d) Between opposing generations in the circle.

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

12. What do the authors believe Americans have lost?
(a) The healthy part of life.
(b) The proper belief in education.
(c) The proper philosophy of time.
(d) The correct use of money.

13. Why are the men of Mt. Rushmore together according to the authors?
(a) They were friends.
(b) The four archetypes function together.
(c) They are historical figures.
(d) They are from the same time period.

14. What do gray champions do to the Fourth Turning?
(a) Bring the Fourth Turning to a climax.
(b) Create conflict in the Fourth Turning.
(c) Close the Fourth Turning.
(d) Grow relationships during the Fourth Turning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the Third Turning brought to living standards?

2. How frequently do these cycles of history repeat themselves?

3. What happens during the fourth tide?

4. What was the generational cycle of 1690?

5. What was the generational cycle of 1640?

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