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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) 1630.
(c) 1631.
(d) 1628.

2. Who wrote the Book of Martyrs?
(a) Thomas Hanover.
(b) Philip Stevenson.
(c) John Foxe.
(d) James Conroy.

3. According to Figure 2-2, how were midlife people viewed in 1964?
(a) Conformist.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Reclusive.
(d) Pragmatic.

4. How many years are there in the life cycle of one generational constellation?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 22.
(d) 27.

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

6. What year was the Apollo moon landing?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1969.

7. What social moment began in the late 1960s and lasted through the 1970s?
(a) The War on Drugs.
(b) The Consciousness Revolution.
(c) The Woodstock generation.
(d) The Hippy Movement.

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

9. Which President regretted the fading memory of World War II?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Dwight Eisenhower.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) John Kennedy.

10. What were the dates for the Puritan Awakening?
(a) 1621-1640.
(b) 1618-1639.
(c) 1620-1641.
(d) 1619-1642.

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

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

13. Around 1900, what were wagons and streetcars responsible for?
(a) The increase in distribution of goods.
(b) The death of lost city kids.
(c) The speed of city living.
(d) The rise in crime.

14. Reading vertically up any single column of Figure 2-2 demonstrates which fallacy?
(a) Age-bracket fallacy.
(b) Intrinsic connection fallacy.
(c) Life-course fallacy.
(d) Intersecting fallacy.

15. Who wrote Grown-ups?
(a) Daniel Levinson.
(b) Erik Erikson.
(c) Gail Sheehy.
(d) Cheryl Merser.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what era did America move in the 1750s?

2. What did George Bush do during WWII?

3. Who said, "You don't need to be shot down from the sky to know the world is a dangerous place"?

4. In the 1970s, what image did movie makers emphasis?

5. What plays a large role in shaping a generation's peer personality?

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