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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the German word kinderfeindlichkeit mean?

2. What was the American population during the colonial cycle of history?

3. What is one generation of the Revolutionary cycle of American history?

4. What is it called when society focuses on changing the inner world of values and private behavior?

5. Who wrote The Seasons of a Man's Life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the two social moments of the Reformation Cycle?

2. As America entered an Inner-Driven era in 1905, how did attitudes towards Lost city kids change?

3. How were the Civics of the Glorious Generation in the Colonial Cycle looked on?

4. What common milestones of life are explained in the book Passages?

5. Describe Adaptives during an outer-driven era.

6. How is the authors' approach to defining American generations different from most other scholars?

7. What did Cheryl Merser realize after reading the book Passages?

8. Describe Idealists in an awakening era.

9. Define the word generation as the authors see it.

10. What are some timeless denominators of the human lifecycle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain and describe the four constellational eras and their moods. Specifically apply those four constellational eras to events in American history.

Essay Topic 2

How was the Atomic Age ushered into the world? What were the events? Who were the major people involved? What was the public sentiment?

Essay Topic 3

Beginning with the Armada Crisis, summarize the five secular events which marked "the swift and sweeping change in the secular world." How did each begin? How did each end? What men were rising-adult leaders during each?

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