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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word was not coined during the Civil War Cycle?

2. What was the generation type for the 13ers generation in the Millennial Cycle?

3. What book contained "The Dutiful Child's Prayer"?

4. What is a Reactive's preoccupation in elderhood?

5. Who was a "son of thunder"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a generation's "morphology"?

2. Define Manifest Destiny.

3. Who was Charles Finney?

4. What was the mood in America from the middle to late 1980s?

5. What was the "New Nutrition" of the Great Power Cycle?

6. How did the missionary generation of the Great Power Cycle redefine the role of women in American public life?

7. During the Great Power Cycle, what American holiday tradition was initiated?

8. How was the Boom generation of the Millennial Cycle a generation of worsening trends?

9. What was the "settlement movement"?

10. Between 1850 and 1855, what famous books did Transcendental authors publish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain with a specific example how generational awareness applies not only to where a cohort-group finds itself today, but also to where it is expected to go tomorrow.

Essay Topic 2

Beginning with the Reformation Awakening, summarize the five spiritual awakenings of America. What men were rising-adult leaders during each awakening?

Essay Topic 3

How was the Atomic Age ushered into the world? What were the events? Who were the major people involved? What was the public sentiment?

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