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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life along the Generational Diagonal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How might a cataclysm affect a 10-year-old?
(a) He'd find it incomprehensible.
(b) He'd find it calming.
(c) He'd find it terrifying.
(d) He'd find it inspiring.

2. Which answer is not a biological phase of aging?
(a) Senescence.
(b) Growth.
(c) Birth.
(d) Puberty.

3. What are the ages for midlife?
(a) 40-60.
(b) 50-70.
(c) 44-65.
(d) 35-55.

4. Who wrote Exile's Return?
(a) Daniel Levinson.
(b) Jane Addams.
(c) Malcolm Cowley.
(d) Ellen Lagemann.

5. Who wrote Grown-ups?
(a) Gail Sheehy.
(b) Daniel Levinson.
(c) Erik Erikson.
(d) Cheryl Merser.

Short Answer Questions

1. When this book was written, which Progressive Generation had disappeared entirely?

2. How might a cataclysm affect a 70-year-old?

3. What were the ages of the G.I. Generation on Pearl Harbor Sunday?

4. What is age-determined participation in in epochal events that occur during a lifecycle?

5. Generally, how did Americans aged 65-80 vote in the early 1960s?

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