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

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

3. Reading vertically up any single column of Figure 2-2 demonstrates which fallacy?
(a) Intersecting fallacy.
(b) Intrinsic connection fallacy.
(c) Life-course fallacy.
(d) Age-bracket fallacy.

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

5. In each constellation, what do the peer personalities each possess?
(a) Their own morals.
(b) Their own work ethic.
(c) Their own philosoplies.
(d) Their own mood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did George Bush do during WWII?

3. What are children living home after college called?

4. What would an examination of cohort groups not be likely to predict?

5. Who wrote Grown-ups?

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