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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. How many constellational eras does a typical person experience in his or her life span?

2. Who was not a prominent foreign peer of the 13ers generation during the Millennial Cycle?

3. What is a Idealist's style of leadership?

4. What generation type is elder during a Crisis era?

5. What book contained "The Dutiful Child's Prayer"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first social moment of the Revolutionary Cycle.

2. How did the image of the future change between the mid-1960s and the early 1970s?

3. What are "generational endowments"?

4. Between 1850 and 1855, what famous books did Transcendental authors publish?

5. What was the mood in America from the middle to late 1980s?

6. What are the time periods for the authors' predicted two future social moments?

7. How did the roles of Awakener women change during the Revolutionary Cycle?

8. What was the Boom generation's only common consensus about the Vietnam conflict?

9. Describe the second social moment of the Revolutionary Cycle.

10. What was Black Friday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the 1961 and 1964 cohort groups from information in the text and the Figure 2-1 table. Consider aptitude tests, substance abuse, violent crimes, and drunk driving.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Explain with specific detail how the Reformation Cycle's two social moments prepared for the Puritans of the Colonial Cycle.

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