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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Charles I take England's throne?
(a) 1629.
(b) 1628.
(c) 1630.
(d) 1631.

2. What does the German word kinderfeindlichkeit mean?
(a) Teaching young children.
(b) Nurturing children.
(c) Abandoning children.
(d) Hostility towards children.

3. Generally, how did Americans aged 65-80 vote in the early 1960s?
(a) Mostly Independent.
(b) Heavily Republican.
(c) Split between Republican and Democrat.
(d) Heavily Democrat.

4. What is a cohort-group whose length approximates the span of a phase of life and whose boundaries are fixed by peer personality?
(a) A constellation.
(b) A lifecycle.
(c) A statistical generation.
(d) A generation.

5. How might a cataclysm affect a 70-year-old?
(a) He'd find it incomprehensible.
(b) He'd find it terrifying.
(c) He'd find it inspiring.
(d) He'd find it calming.

6. What is it called when society focuses on changing the inner world of values and private behavior?
(a) Secular crisis.
(b) Social moment.
(c) Consciousness Revolution.
(d) Spiritual awakening.

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

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

9. How many G.I. Presidents were there?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

10. How many generations form a generational "constellation"?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

11. Who wrote Passages?
(a) Gail Sheehy.
(b) Erik Erikson.
(c) Cheryl Merser.
(d) Daniel Levinson.

12. What is age-determined participation in in epochal events that occur during a lifecycle?
(a) Constellation experiences.
(b) Peer personality.
(c) Comin-of-age experiences.
(d) Age location.

13. What are the dates of the Armada Crisis?
(a) 1579-1587.
(b) 1580-1588.
(c) 1582-1590.
(d) 1581-1589.

14. In each constellation, what do the peer personalities each possess?
(a) Their own philosoplies.
(b) Their own morals.
(c) Their own work ethic.
(d) Their own mood.

15. What would an examination of cohort groups not be likely to predict?
(a) Violent crimes.
(b) Substance abuse.
(c) Education.
(d) Drunk driving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said a generation "is born, lives, and dies"?

2. What triggered the Thirty Years War?

3. Who was King James's hand picked New England governor in 1689?

4. Who wrote Exile's Return?

5. What alternates between secular crises and spiritual awakenings?

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