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

2. How many years are there in the life cycle of one generational constellation?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 27.
(d) 22.

3. When were boomers born?
(a) 1945-1966.
(b) 1944-1963.
(c) 1946-1964.
(d) 1940-1960.

4. What is affected by how students are taught?
(a) Their politics.
(b) What they believe.
(c) What they do.
(d) How they teach.

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 statistical generation.
(b) A generation.
(c) A lifecycle.
(d) A constellation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When this book was written, which Progressive Generation had disappeared entirely?

3. What alternates between secular crises and spiritual awakenings?

4. Who said "This is the greatest week in the history of mankind since the Creation"?

5. Who are coming of age in an inner-driven era?

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