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

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

3. Who was not a sample member of the Lost generation of the Great Power Cycle?

4. What was the generation type for the Silent generation in the Great Power Cycle?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the 13er generation's attitude toward domestic activity during the Millennial Cycle?

3. What was the attitude towards public schools in the Millennial Cycle?

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

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

6. Who was Charles Finney?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

List at least six significant facts about the Compromiser Generation of the Revolutionary Cycle. Why was the War of 1812 significant? How did women's roles change? What new vocabulary did they introduce? Where did they settle? What were their feelings about children? Answer these or explain any other six Compromiser facts.

Essay Topic 3

Using the Figure 2-2 table, thoroughly explain three lifecycle fallacies. How do these fallacies give an inaccurate view of the lifecycle?

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