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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through what do the cycles require rebirth?

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

3. What purpose does the Nomads' exhaustion from revolutionary change have?

4. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'children'?

5. What hit the Lost Generation hard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the authors remind readers once again against thinking of time as linear?

2. Why do the authors think Americans do not recognize cycles?

3. What do First Turnings throughout history represent, according to the authors?

4. What is the correct time that this chapter presents for Americans to embrace?

5. How did people behave when the book was written?

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

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

8. According to the authors, why did Vietnam destroy the GI Generation's endless confidence?

9. What do the authors say are the problems with chaotic and linear time?

10. How do the authors offer hope as the book closes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From reading the book, are the authors correct to worry about our country? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Critique the authors' presentation of this material. Was it interesting and clear, or dull and muddled? Explain your decision with examples.

Essay Topic 3

Is the theme of this book important? That is, should Americans value such information?

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