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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through From Puritans to Millennials and Beyond.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is affected by how students are taught?
(a) How they teach.
(b) What they believe.
(c) What they do.
(d) Their politics.

2. Generally, how did Americans aged 65-80 vote in the early 1960s?
(a) Heavily Republican.
(b) Split between Republican and Democrat.
(c) Heavily Democrat.
(d) Mostly Independent.

3. What is one generation of the Revolutionary cycle of American history?
(a) Progressive.
(b) Cavalier.
(c) Gilded.
(d) Compromise.

4. What was the American population during the colonial cycle of history?
(a) 900,000.
(b) 700,000.
(c) 800,000.
(d) 600,000.

5. Which answer is not a biological phase of aging?
(a) Birth.
(b) Puberty.
(c) Growth.
(d) Senescence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the cohort group fall in a typical table with age on the vertical axis and calendar year on the horizontal axis?

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

4. What lasts about a decade where people perceive current events as changing society?

5. Who wrote The Seasons of a Man's Life?

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