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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. What should Americans expect concerning living standards in the future according to the authors?

2. What do generations do when they pass through a crisis according to the authors?

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

4. How did the Lost Generation treat social life?

5. What were John Adams and Dwight Eisenhower considered?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Western history, how do historians often present periodic history?

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

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

4. What is so important about the Etruscans?

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

6. What life do the authors see the 13ers living during the third turning?

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

8. How did the Baby Boomers behave during the First Turning according to the authors?

9. How do archetypes interact during a Fourth Turning?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do the authors prove that cycles are circular in a "perfect and unbreakable repetition"? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What role do the authors think these ideas (of Turnings and archetypes) play with moral reform in America?

Essay Topic 3

Research the authors' backgrounds. Did their background influence the writing of this book in any way? Why?

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