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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. Who complained that the Apollo mission gave him a "guilty conscience"?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) Anthony Lewis.
(d) Ted Kennedy.

2. How do the authors choose the length of a generation?
(a) By the average age of parenthood.
(b) By the average age at death.
(c) By the length of a phase of life.
(d) By the average age of marriage.

3. Which person believed in psychic phenomena?
(a) Cyrus McCormick.
(b) Mary Baker Eddy.
(c) Dorathea Dix.
(d) Mary Todd Lincoln.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the dates of the Armada Crisis?

2. Who said, "The young men were born with knives in their brain"?

3. How many G.I. Presidents were there?

4. Which was not a Crisis Era?

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

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