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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Four-Part Cycle.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did George Bush do during WWII?
(a) He was an Army Ranger.
(b) He was a Navy fighter pilot.
(c) He was an Air Force figher pilot.
(d) He was a Marine fighter pilot.

3. How do the authors choose the length of a generation?
(a) By the average age of parenthood.
(b) By the average age at death.
(c) By the average age of marriage.
(d) By the length of a phase of life.

4. What is the central role of youth?
(a) Activity.
(b) Leadership.
(c) Dependence.
(d) Stewardship.

5. What is a cohort-group whose length approximates the span of a phase of life and whose boundaries are fixed by peer personality?
(a) A lifecycle.
(b) A statistical generation.
(c) A constellation.
(d) A generation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the ages of youth?

2. How might a cataclysm affect a 70-year-old?

3. What is it called when society focuses on reordering the outer world of institutions and public behavior?

4. What year were the first G.I. babies born?

5. What person influenced 1960 childhood?

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