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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 do all major cultures acknowledge according to the authors?
(a) Artistic influences.
(b) Transportation necessities.
(c) Educational needs.
(d) Religious historical cycles.

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

3. What describes the Baby Boomers' educations according to the authors?
(a) Nonexistent.
(b) Sub-par.
(c) Excellent.
(d) Poor.

4. According to the authors, Americans identify generations by determining what?
(a) The wealth a generation forms.
(b) The death from a generation.
(c) The discord within a generation.
(d) The length of a generation.

5. What has the Third Turning brought to living standards?
(a) Conflict.
(b) Danger.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Improvements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen with a revolutionary change?

2. How does the archetypal pattern begin?

3. What year does the book's introduction address?

4. When was the Silent Generation born?

5. Why are the men of Mt. Rushmore together according to the authors?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do generations often define themselves against the shadow of the generation two steps prior to them, according to the authors?

2. How did 13ers feel about America during the Second Turning according to the authors?

3. What is the significance of the time it takes for a generation to be recognized as the authors present this information?

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

5. How did the Lost Generation behave during the First Turning, according to the authors?

6. As the authors present the information, why are 'seasons' across and within generations?

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

8. What is so important about the Etruscans?

9. As the authors present the information, why did the Second Turning come about at the time of Kennedy's assassination?

10. Why is the length of a saeculum in the United States significant?

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