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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. Who was not a prominent foreign peer of the Missionary generation of the Great Power Cycle?
(a) Mahatma Ghandi.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Adolf Hitler.

2. What is true of cohort-membership?
(a) It is age related.
(b) It chooses you.
(c) It is voluntary.
(d) It is involuntary.

3. What generation type is youth during an Awakening era?
(a) Reactive.
(b) Adaptive.
(c) Idealist.
(d) Civic.

4. Who was King James's hand picked New England governor in 1689?
(a) John Hawthorne.
(b) Simon Bradstreet.
(c) Gray Champion.
(d) Edmund Andros.

5. Which President regretted the fading memory of World War II?
(a) John Kennedy.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Richard Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which children grow up during increasing adult control?

3. How many years were there from the Awakening to the End of Crisis in the Revolutionary cycle of American history?

4. During the Millennial cycle, which generation made sweeping advances against childhood diseases?

5. What is it called when society focuses on changing the inner world of values and private behavior?

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