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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. What person influenced 1960 childhood?
(a) President Eisenhower.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) Dr. Suess.
(d) Dr. Spock.

2. What is the range of the cohort lengths of all seventeen completed American generations?
(a) 17-33.
(b) 19-35.
(c) 15-30.
(d) 10-25.

3. Who was a rising-adult leader during the Great Depression-World War II crisis?
(a) Ted Kennedy.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) John Marshall.
(d) Walt Disney.

4. What year were the first G.I. babies born?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1905.

5. How many years were there from the End of Crisis to the End of Awakening in the Civil War cycle of American history?
(a) 40.
(b) 38.
(c) 44.
(d) 42.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do midlife generations tend to raise current generations?

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

4. Who wrote Grown-ups?

5. What is age-determined participation in in epochal events that occur during a lifecycle?

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