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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hit the Lost Generation hard?
(a) A lack of education.
(b) Two world wars and the Great Depression.
(c) New expectations.
(d) Aging too quickly.

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

3. What year does the book's introduction address?
(a) 1902.
(b) 2010.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1997.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Jackson, Woodrow Wilson and Colin Powell considered?

2. What was the First Turning's time period like?

3. What do the authors think Americans could learn from historical cycles?

4. What happens to old values during the First Turning according to the authors?

5. The authors say that what comprises circular cycles?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do rhythms coexist with free will and the role of accidents?

2. Why do the authors delineate the idea of 'seasons of time'?

3. Why do the authors say present-day Americans have an image of America's First Turning as a 'high'?

4. Why is a Second Turning called an 'awakening'?

5. What role do the authors say the Baby Boomer Generation played in the massive changes of the 1960-70s?

6. What do many of the Fourth Turnings the authors show as examples have in common?

7. According to the authors, what happens differently from the Third Turning now in the Fourth Turning?

8. Looking at the authors' information, why would the spirit of America decay during the Fourth Turning?

9. How do generations correlate to certain personality archetypes according to the authors?

10. What catalyst occurred during our Fourth Turning from the authors' viewpoint?

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