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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 is it called when society focuses on changing the inner world of values and private behavior?
(a) Spiritual awakening.
(b) Social moment.
(c) Consciousness Revolution.
(d) Secular crisis.

2. The authors suggest looking at the American life cycle from what perspective?
(a) As ocean liners
(b) As highways
(c) As trains
(d) As bus stations

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

4. Who said a generation "is born, lives, and dies"?
(a) Neil Howe.
(b) William Strauss.
(c) Guieseppe Ferrari.
(d) Walt Disney.

5. Who was King James's hand picked New England governor in 1689?
(a) Simon Bradstreet.
(b) Gray Champion.
(c) Edmund Andros.
(d) John Hawthorne.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the authors choose the length of a generation?

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

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

5. What is a cohort-group whose length approximates the span of a phase of life and whose boundaries are fixed by peer personality?

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