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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Revolutionary Cycle, 1734-1825.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote The Seasons of a Man's Life?
(a) Erik Erikson.
(b) Daniel Levinson.
(c) Gail Sheehy.
(d) Cheryl Merser.

2. What year was George Washington sworn in as President?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1778.
(d) 1785.

3. What social moment began in the late 1960s and lasted through the 1970s?
(a) The Woodstock generation.
(b) The War on Drugs.
(c) The Hippy Movement.
(d) The Consciousness Revolution.

4. Who said "This is the greatest week in the history of mankind since the Creation"?
(a) John Kennedy.
(b) Douglas MacArthur.
(c) Anthony Lewis.
(d) Richard Nixon.

5. What lasts about a decade where people perceive current events as changing society?
(a) A crisis.
(b) A social moment.
(c) A natural disaster.
(d) A burgeoning new organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does the book Passages suggest a midlife crisis?

2. Who are the dominant generations during a social moment?

3. What was one of the social moments of the Colonial Cycle?

4. What are the ages for midlife?

5. Which President regretted the fading memory of World War II?

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