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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Great Power Cycle.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who gave the Northampton sermons of 1734?
(a) Jonathan Edwards.
(b) Daniel Webster.
(c) James Monroe.
(d) Cotton Mather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the dates for the Puritan Awakening?

2. How many years were there from the Awakening to the End of Crisis in the Revolutionary cycle of American history?

3. What is the range of the cohort lengths of all seventeen completed American generations?

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

5. Who wrote Passages?

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