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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In preparation, how do the authors think parents should raise children?
(a) Without coddling them.
(b) Without spoiling them.
(c) With extra care.
(d) With emotions disregarded.

2. As the book closes, what do the authors emphasize that Americans should understand about time?
(a) It is not linear.
(b) It is not cyclial.
(c) God controls time.
(d) It never begins anew.

3. What in a Fourth Turning can be foreseen, according to the authors?
(a) A catalyst.
(b) A political takeover.
(c) A disagreement.
(d) A change of traditions.

4. What will the Fourth Turning signal, according to the authors?
(a) The best parts of America.
(b) The absolute bottom of the American spirit and its regeneration.
(c) The revitalization of America's youth.
(d) Opportunities for the youth.

5. Why should Americans avoid being ideological according to the authors?
(a) No ideology helps the future.
(b) Ideological ideas never succeed.
(c) Ideological ideas are against God.
(d) No ideology is above the seasons.

6. According to the authors, what do Heroes do during a Second Turning?
(a) Create wealth.
(b) Become elders.
(c) Raise Artists.
(d) Forget their ambitions.

7. What can Americans do wit the coming crisis of the Fourth Turning according to the authors?
(a) Stay with the status quo.
(b) Hide.
(c) Remain to ourselves.
(d) Prepare.

8. What happens to Nomads during a Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Others ignore them.
(b) They become stronger.
(c) They gain money.
(d) They die.

9. What do Prophets do during a Second Turning according to the authors?
(a) Attend medical and law school.
(b) Challenge the failing value-stystem of older institutions.
(c) Create art and writings.
(d) Stay in seclusion.

10. What happened economically during the Second Turning?
(a) Huge decline.
(b) Stagnant movement.
(c) Enormous growth.
(d) Small gains.

11. In preparation for the Fourth Turning, what do the authors think Americans should do with institutions?
(a) Save them.
(b) Experiment with them.
(c) Throw money at them.
(d) Ignore them.

12. According to the authors, how do Artists socially interact during Third Turnings?
(a) They discourage interaction with different classes.
(b) They dislike most people.
(c) They enjoy loud lifestyles with others.
(d) They prefer sensitivity and emotion.

13. What will the pre-crisis years see in the Fourth Turning according to the authors?
(a) Increasing distrust of the government.
(b) Hope in new politicians.
(c) Struggles with Elders.
(d) Disappearance of family values.

14. How do the authors argue that we should feel about the Fourth Turning?
(a) Unlimited.
(b) Limited.
(c) Aware.
(d) Scared.

15. What do the authors think extends a saeculum backward and a saeculum forward?
(a) Cultural memory.
(b) History books.
(c) Photo albums.
(d) Generations.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the authors suggest Americans prevent the Fourth Turning?

2. What was the GI Generation's reputation during the Second Turning according to the authors?

3. What options for a catalyst of the Fourth Turning do the authors suggest?

4. What best describes the Second Turning according to the authors?

5. Throughout the Unraveling, what does the Silent Generation avoid according to the authors?

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