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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 Boomer men saw combat in Vietnam?

2. Who was not a sample member of the G.I. generation of the Great Power Cycle?

3. What mood was evident in America from the late 1980s through the 1990s?

4. Which was not an Outer-Driven Era?

5. Who was not a sample member of the Missionary generation of the Great Power Cycle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is a generation's "morphology"?

4. What was the 1950s image of the future?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Schelsinger's cycles of American history with those of the authors.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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