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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Past as Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a set of collective behavioral traits expressed throughout a generation's lifecycle?
(a) Newsreel behavior.
(b) Constellation attitude.
(c) Peer personaltity.
(d) Generations distinctives.

2. In the 1970s, what image did movie makers emphasis?
(a) Abandonment of the elderly.
(b) Dissolution of teens.
(c) Distressed childhood.
(d) Corruption of government.

3. What lasts about a decade where people perceive current events as changing society?
(a) A social moment.
(b) A burgeoning new organization.
(c) A crisis.
(d) A natural disaster.

4. What generation type is elder during a Crisis era?
(a) Civic.
(b) Adaptive.
(c) Reactive.
(d) Idealist.

5. According to Figure 2-2, how were midlife people viewed in 1964?
(a) Pragmatic.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Conformist.
(d) Reclusive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the birth dates for the Reformation generation?

2. Who said that America's foreign policy since 1776 has alternated between extroversion and introversion?

3. Who was not a sample member of the Silent generation of the Great Power Cycle?

4. Who said a generation "is born, lives, and dies"?

5. What is the central role of midlife?

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