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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decade did Sesame Street first affect?
(a) The 50s.
(b) The 70s.
(c) The 60s.
(d) The 80s.

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

3. 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.

4. Who is a sample member of the Great Power cycle of American history?
(a) Newt Gingrich.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Walter Mondale.

5. Where does the cohort group fall in a typical table with age on the vertical axis and calendar year on the horizontal axis?
(a) On the horizontal.
(b) On the diagonal.
(c) On the vertical.
(d) As an ellipse.

6. What did George Bush do during WWII?
(a) He was an Air Force figher pilot.
(b) He was a Marine fighter pilot.
(c) He was a Navy fighter pilot.
(d) He was an Army Ranger.

7. What action helped mold the Puritan generation's distinct personality?
(a) Their emigration to America.
(b) Their rebellion against the English monarchy.
(c) The raising of their children.
(d) The embrace of their religion.

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

9. Who are coming of age in an inner-driven era?
(a) Adaptives.
(b) Civics.
(c) Reactives.
(d) Idealists.

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

11. In the 1970s, what image did movie makers emphasis?
(a) Abandonment of the elderly.
(b) Corruption of government.
(c) Distressed childhood.
(d) Dissolution of teens.

12. Which children grow up during increasing adult control?
(a) Idealists.
(b) Reactives.
(c) Adaptives.
(d) Civics.

13. Who are coming of age in an awakening era?
(a) Adaptives.
(b) Reactives.
(c) Idealists.
(d) Civics.

14. How many distinct types of peer personalities recur in each lifecycle?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

15. Which generation types was Martin Luther?
(a) Civic.
(b) Reactive.
(c) Adaptive.
(d) Idealist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What lasts about a decade where people perceive current events as changing society?

3. Who wrote Exile's Return?

4. What is age-determined participation in in epochal events that occur during a lifecycle?

5. The authors suggest looking at the American life cycle from what perspective?

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