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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Four-Part Cycle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many generations form a generational "constellation"?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. Who are the dominant generations during a social moment?
(a) Youth and rising adult.
(b) Midlife and rising adulthood.
(c) Midlife and elderhood.
(d) Rising adulthood and elderhood.

3. According to Figure 2-2, how were midlife people viewed in 1964?
(a) Conformist.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Reclusive.
(d) Pragmatic.

4. How many distinct types of peer personalities recur in each lifecycle?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. Who said, "You don't need to be shot down from the sky to know the world is a dangerous place"?
(a) Micheal Dukakis.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Jim Thompson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alternates between secular crises and spiritual awakenings?

2. How might a cataclysm affect a 10-year-old?

3. What person influenced 1960 childhood?

4. What would an examination of cohort groups not be likely to predict?

5. Who said a generation "is born, lives, and dies"?

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