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

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

3. Who is most likely to enlist if a war arises?
(a) Youth.
(b) Rising adults.
(c) Midlifers.
(d) Elderhood.

4. What did George Bush do during WWII?
(a) He was a Marine fighter pilot.
(b) He was an Army Ranger.
(c) He was an Air Force figher pilot.
(d) He was a Navy fighter pilot.

5. Who wrote Exile's Return?
(a) Ellen Lagemann.
(b) Jane Addams.
(c) Daniel Levinson.
(d) Malcolm Cowley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the authors choose the length of a generation?

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

3. How many G.I. Presidents were there?

4. How many years are there in the life cycle of one generational constellation?

5. Which President was born 46 years from Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox?

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