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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 plays a large role in shaping a generation's peer personality?
(a) Family structure.
(b) Religious beliefs.
(c) Current events.
(d) Childhood nurture.

2. How might a cataclysm affect a 70-year-old?
(a) He'd find it incomprehensible.
(b) He'd find it calming.
(c) He'd find it inspiring.
(d) He'd find it terrifying.

3. Which President regretted the fading memory of World War II?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

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

5. Which children grow up during increasing adult control?
(a) Idealists.
(b) Reactives.
(c) Adaptives.
(d) Civics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a rising-adult leader during the Great Depression-World War II crisis?

2. Who is a sample member of the Great Power cycle of American history?

3. How many generations form a generational "constellation"?

4. How many distinct types of peer personalities recur in each lifecycle?

5. For which seventeen year period did the SAT scores decline?

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