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

2. Who wrote Exile's Return?
(a) Daniel Levinson.
(b) Ellen Lagemann.
(c) Malcolm Cowley.
(d) Jane Addams.

3. What are the ages of youth?
(a) 0-18.
(b) 0-12.
(c) 0-16.
(d) 0-21.

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

5. How might a cataclysm affect a 10-year-old?
(a) He'd find it terrifying.
(b) He'd find it incomprehensible.
(c) He'd find it calming.
(d) He'd find it inspiring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What answer is not a generational type?

2. Which answer is not a biological phase of aging?

3. For which seventeen year period did the SAT scores decline?

4. What did George Bush do during WWII?

5. According to Figure 2-2, how were midlife people viewed in 1964?

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