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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 sought to trace universal lifecycle trends in aptitude scores?
(a) K. Warner Schaie.
(b) Sam Ervin.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) William Wirtz.

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

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

4. When this book was written, which Progressive Generation had disappeared entirely?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower's.
(b) F. Scoot Fitzgerald's.
(c) Franklin d. Roosevelt's.
(d) Woodrow Wilson's.

5. According to Figure 2-2, how were midlife people viewed in 1964?
(a) Pragmatic.
(b) Conformist.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Reclusive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is age-determined participation in in epochal events that occur during a lifecycle?

2. What alternates between secular crises and spiritual awakenings?

3. What is true of cohort-membership?

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

5. Where does the cohort group fall in a typical table with age on the vertical axis and calendar year on the horizontal axis?

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