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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. Which children grow up during increasing adult control?

2. What is a set of collective behavioral traits expressed throughout a generation's lifecycle?

3. Who wrote Passages?

4. What year were the first G.I. babies born?

5. Who is a sample member of the Great Power cycle of American history?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Reactives in an inner-driven era.

2. What are the four generational types and their relationship to each other?

3. Define the fallacy of cohort-centrism.

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

5. How is Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts significant?

6. To whom did Americans turn during all four of its secular crises?

7. What kind of childhood did Reactive generations have?

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

9. What are the four phases of one generation?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Beginning with the Reformation Awakening, summarize the five spiritual awakenings of America. What men were rising-adult leaders during each awakening?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the correspondence between recurring patterns in generational constellations and recurring types of American historical events of the first four great periods of American crisis.

Essay Topic 3

With their passing, the Transcendentals left America an enduring projection of their peer personality. How specifically did Transcendentals affect American thought and behavior for years to come.

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