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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Past as Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was not a political leader of the Boom generation during the Millennial Cycle?
(a) William Bennett.
(b) Dan Quayle.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Bill Bradley.

5. Who wrote Exile's Return?
(a) Jane Addams.
(b) Daniel Levinson.
(c) Malcolm Cowley.
(d) Ellen Lagemann.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rises steeply during Outer-Driven eras?

2. What rises steeply during Awakening eras?

3. What were the birth years of the Idealist generation during the American Civil War cycle?

4. What generation type is elder during a Crisis era?

5. Which was not an Outer-Driven Era?

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