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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 was not an Adaptive lifecycle?

2. Who was not a political leader of the Boom generation during the Millennial Cycle?

3. What is an Civic's idea of God?

4. How many Boomer men saw combat in Vietnam?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the common obligation of each successive generation?

2. What are "generational endowments"?

3. What is quantitative insight?

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

5. How was the Boom generation of the Millennial Cycle a generation of worsening trends?

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

7. What was the "New Nutrition" of the Great Power Cycle?

8. What does this quote mean: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"?

9. During the Great Power Cycle, what American holiday tradition was initiated?

10. What was the "settlement movement"?

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

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 3

Explain specifically the behavior and attitudes of the midlife phase of the Awakener lifecycle during the Revolutionary Cycle? Who were its leaders? What were their attitudes towards religion and politics?

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