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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. What answer is not a generational type?
(a) Millennialist.
(b) Reactive.
(c) Adpative.
(d) Idealist.

2. How might a cataclysm affect a 70-year-old?
(a) He'd find it terrifying.
(b) He'd find it calming.
(c) He'd find it inspiring.
(d) He'd find it incomprehensible.

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

4. At what age does the book Passages suggest a midlife crisis?
(a) 40-44.
(b) 42-46.
(c) 38-42.
(d) 35-40.

5. Generally, how did Americans aged 65-80 vote in the early 1960s?
(a) Mostly Independent.
(b) Heavily Republican.
(c) Split between Republican and Democrat.
(d) Heavily Democrat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sought to trace universal lifecycle trends in aptitude scores?

2. Who wrote Passages?

3. In each constellation, what do the peer personalities each possess?

4. What is a set of collective behavioral traits expressed throughout a generation's lifecycle?

5. How many distinct types of peer personalities recur in each lifecycle?

(see the answer key)

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