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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life along the Generational Diagonal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is age-determined participation in in epochal events that occur during a lifecycle?
(a) Age location.
(b) Peer personality.
(c) Comin-of-age experiences.
(d) Constellation experiences.

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

3. 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) George Bush.
(c) Jim Thompson.
(d) John Kennedy.

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

5. How many years are there in the life cycle of one generational constellation?
(a) 27.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might a cataclysm affect a 70-year-old?

2. Who wrote Exile's Return?

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

4. Who sought to trace universal lifecycle trends in aptitude scores?

5. What year were the first G.I. babies born?

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