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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 generation type is youth during an Awakening era?

2. What were the dates of the Missionary Awakening of the Great Power Cycle?

3. What was the generation type for the Boom generation in the Millennial Cycle?

4. What is an Idealist's preoccupation in elderhood?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are "generational endowments"?

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

3. What was the "settlement movement"?

4. How did the missionary generation of the Great Power Cycle redefine the role of women in American public life?

5. What was the 13er generation's composition of families during the Millennial Cycle?

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

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

8. Why does the Awakener life cycle of the Revolutionary Cycle read like a prophecy?

9. Who was Charles Finney?

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

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

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

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.

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