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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Revolutionary Cycle, 1734-1825.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who are the dominant generations during a social moment?
(a) Rising adulthood and elderhood.
(b) Midlife and elderhood.
(c) Youth and rising adult.
(d) Midlife and rising adulthood.

4. What were the birth years of the Idealist generation during the American Civil War cycle?
(a) 1860-1882.
(b) 1843-1859.
(c) 1822-1842.
(d) 1792-1821.

5. What action helped mold the Puritan generation's distinct personality?
(a) Their emigration to America.
(b) The embrace of their religion.
(c) The raising of their children.
(d) Their rebellion against the English monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one generation of the Revolutionary cycle of American history?

2. When did Charles I take England's throne?

3. Who led true Protestant believers to America?

4. What did revolution, anarchy, war, and pestilence indicate to colonial New Englanders?

5. What is the range of the cohort lengths of all seventeen completed American generations?

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