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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. What are the ages for midlife?
(a) 40-60.
(b) 44-65.
(c) 50-70.
(d) 35-55.

2. Who said, "You don't need to be shot down from the sky to know the world is a dangerous place"?
(a) Jim Thompson.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Micheal Dukakis.
(d) John Kennedy.

3. Who complained that the Apollo mission gave him a "guilty conscience"?
(a) Ted Kennedy.
(b) Anthony Lewis.
(c) John Kennedy.
(d) Richard Nixon.

4. 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.

5. Where does the cohort group fall in a typical table with age on the vertical axis and calendar year on the horizontal axis?
(a) As an ellipse.
(b) On the vertical.
(c) On the horizontal.
(d) On the diagonal.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which President was born 46 years from Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox?

4. Who are coming of age in an awakening era?

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

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