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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. What element distinguishes a generation as a cohesive cohort-group with its own unique biography?
(a) Lifecycle.
(b) Social moments.
(c) Constellation.
(d) Peer personality.

2. What are children living home after college called?
(a) Boomerang.
(b) Bounce back.
(c) Rubber band.
(d) Bad penny.

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

4. What lasts about a decade where people perceive current events as changing society?
(a) A natural disaster.
(b) A social moment.
(c) A burgeoning new organization.
(d) A crisis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is affected by how students are taught?

2. Who are the dominant generations during a social moment?

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

4. How many distinct types of peer personalities recur in each lifecycle?

5. How might a cataclysm affect a 10-year-old?

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