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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through From Puritans to Millennials and Beyond.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what age does the book Passages suggest a midlife crisis?
(a) 35-40.
(b) 38-42.
(c) 40-44.
(d) 42-46.

3. Reading vertically up any single column of Figure 2-2 demonstrates which fallacy?
(a) Life-course fallacy.
(b) Intersecting fallacy.
(c) Intrinsic connection fallacy.
(d) Age-bracket fallacy.

4. What was the American population during the colonial cycle of history?
(a) 600,000.
(b) 900,000.
(c) 700,000.
(d) 800,000.

5. Who are coming of age in an inner-driven era?
(a) Idealists.
(b) Reactives.
(c) Civics.
(d) Adaptives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are children living home after college called?

2. What is true of cohort-membership?

3. What action helped mold the Puritan generation's distinct personality?

4. What is the central role of elderhood?

5. According to Figure 2-2, how were midlife people viewed in 1964?

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