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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Great Power Cycle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said that America's foreign policy since 1776 has alternated between extroversion and introversion?
(a) Overheiser.
(b) Schlesinger.
(c) Milton.
(d) Klingberg.

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

3. What were the ages of the G.I. Generation on Pearl Harbor Sunday?
(a) 17-34.
(b) 35-65.
(c) birth-40.
(d) 21-45.

4. Which President was born 46 years from Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Gerald Ford.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

5. What were the birth years of the Idealist generation during the American Civil War cycle?
(a) 1822-1842.
(b) 1843-1859.
(c) 1792-1821.
(d) 1860-1882.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the First Continental Congress, who proclaimed, "It is evil against right"?

2. What word was not coined during the Civil War Cycle?

3. Who was not a sample member of the Missionary generation of the Great Power Cycle?

4. What alternates between secular crises and spiritual awakenings?

5. Who gave the Northampton sermons of 1734?

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