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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 were the ages of the G.I. Generation on Pearl Harbor Sunday?
(a) 35-65.
(b) 21-45.
(c) birth-40.
(d) 17-34.

2. What is the central role of elderhood?
(a) Leadership.
(b) Activity.
(c) Dependence.
(d) Stewardship.

3. What is a cohort-group whose length approximates the span of a phase of life and whose boundaries are fixed by peer personality?
(a) A lifecycle.
(b) A constellation.
(c) A generation.
(d) A statistical generation.

4. Who wrote The Seasons of a Man's Life?
(a) Cheryl Merser.
(b) Erik Erikson.
(c) Gail Sheehy.
(d) Daniel Levinson.

5. Who wrote the Book of Martyrs?
(a) James Conroy.
(b) Thomas Hanover.
(c) Philip Stevenson.
(d) John Foxe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the generation type for the Silent generation in the Great Power Cycle?

2. When did New Age churches begin to rise?

3. With whom do young Idealists show the strongest attachment?

4. What are children living home after college called?

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

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