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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cycle in America.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What are the ages of youth?
(a) 0-16.
(b) 0-12.
(c) 0-18.
(d) 0-21.

3. For which seventeen year period did the SAT scores decline?
(a) 1961-1977.
(b) 1959-1975.
(c) 1964-1980.
(d) 1966-1082.

4. What is it called when society focuses on reordering the outer world of institutions and public behavior?
(a) Secular crisis.
(b) Spiritual awakening.
(c) Social moment.
(d) Consciousness Revolution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a sample member of the Great Power cycle of American history?

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

3. Who was a rising-adult leader during the Glorious Revolution crisis?

4. Who wrote Grown-ups?

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

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