- 1. What phenomenon became a common feature in urbanized and industrialized societies after the Second World War?
A) Mass emigration
B) Economic depression
C) Cultural rebellion
D) Industrial collapse
- 2. What did governments seek to improve for their citizens during the ideological competition of the Cold War?
A) Material standards of living
B) Agricultural output
C) Religious devotion
D) Military training
- 3. What did young people feel that led them to assert their individuality, freedom, and authenticity?
A) Extreme physical exhaustion
B) Overwhelming gratitude
C) A sense of alienation
D) A deep sense of patriotism
- 4. Which journalist coined the phrase 'Me Decade' to describe the 1960s?
A) Timothy Leary
B) J. Edgar Hoover
C) Albert Hoffmann
D) Tom Wolfe
E) Todd Gitlin
- 5. By what time had elements of the counterculture already entered public consciousness on both sides of the Atlantic?
A) Late 1970s
B) Early 1970s
C) Late 1950s
D) Early 1960s
- 6. Who acknowledged that the 'most important problem of our epoch' was the empty materialism and superficiality of modern life?
A) Yuri Andropov
B) Konrad Adenauer
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Leonid Brezhnev
- 7. What was the name of the official Soviet youth periodical that called for attention to contemporary young people's psychology?
A) Pravda
B) Izvestia
C) Komsomol'skaia pravda
D) Trud
- 8. By what year was counterculture considered a serious threat by authorities?
A) 1972
B) 1963
C) 1968
D) 1960
- 9. Which U.S. agency reported to the President that counterculture was a highly disruptive force?
A) Department of Defense
B) Federal Bureau of Investigation
C) National Security Agency
D) Central Intelligence Agency
- 10. Who was the long-time director of the FBI who suspected students' protests were instigated by Communists?
A) Yuri Andropov
B) Konrad Adenauer
C) Tom Wolfe
D) J. Edgar Hoover
- 11. What did the CIA subsequently find regarding the suspicion of foreign subversion in student protests?
A) Direct Chinese involvement
B) Soviet financial records
C) No evidence
D) Conclusive proof
- 12. Which KGB director became paranoid about internal security regarding counterculture?
A) Leonid Brezhnev
B) Nikita Khrushchev
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Yuri Andropov
- 13. Under which General Secretary did the KGB amplify its efforts to suppress politically dissident voices?
A) Mikhail Gorbachev
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Vladimir Lenin
D) Leonid Brezhnev
- 14. How did hindsight prove the CIA's assessments of the youth movements?
A) Overly pessimistic
B) Entirely accurate
C) Dangerously naive
D) Understated
- 15. What phrase best describes the nature of the youth movements according to the text?
A) An unstoppable force
B) A silent revolution
C) A bark worse than their bite
D) A violent insurrection
- 16. Did the proponents of counterculture demand the complete destruction of society?
A) Only in the United States
B) Only in the Soviet Union
C) Yes
D) No
- 17. Where did the loudest and most visible participants of counterculture often come from?
A) Working-class families
B) Privileged backgrounds
C) Impoverished urban areas
D) Rural farming communities
- 18. What was a characteristic feature of the privileged background of visible counterculture participants?
A) Mandatory military service
B) Early entry into factory labor
C) Severe economic hardship
D) Unheard-of access to higher education
- 19. Which of the following was NOT a drug included in the counterculture's pharmacopeia?
A) Magic mushrooms
B) Penicillin
C) Marijuana
D) Amphetamines
- 20. What was the common name for amphetamines mentioned in the text?
A) White lightning
B) Blue angels
C) Purple hearts
D) Red devils
- 21. What was the most notorious substance associated with the counterculture?
A) Cocaine
B) Heroin
C) Acid
D) Ecstasy
- 22. What is the chemical name for 'acid' mentioned in the text?
A) Lysergic acid diethylamide
B) Tetrahydrocannabinol
C) Dimethyltryptamine
D) Methamphetamine hydrochloride
- 23. In what year was LSD synthesized?
A) 1945
B) 1968
C) 1938
D) 1952
- 24. Who synthesized LSD in his quest to cure migraine?
A) Timothy Leary
B) Tom Wolfe
C) Albert Hoffmann
D) Allen Ginsberg
- 25. Who promoted the use of LSD as a psychedelic drug in the 1960s?
A) Timothy Leary
B) Konrad Adenauer
C) Albert Hoffmann
D) J. Edgar Hoover
- 26. What event made LSD even more popular in 1966?
A) A presidential executive order
B) A major scientific endorsement
C) Attempts to ban it
D) Its inclusion in medical textbooks
- 27. Which cultural icon of the late 1960s was known for using LSD?
A) Tom Wolfe
B) Leonid Brezhnev
C) Konrad Adenauer
D) Allen Ginsberg
- 28. What did conservative students object to during the 1960s?
A) Higher education
B) The counterculture
C) Capitalism
D) Technological advancement
- 29. Which book was read by conservative students to celebrate their ideals?
A) The Communist Manifesto
B) A Study of Communism
C) Das Kapital
D) The Me Decade
- 30. Which student organization did conservative students join?
A) Komsomol
B) College Republicans
C) Young Socialist Alliance
D) Students for a Democratic Society
- 31. What kind of events did conservative students organize to reinforce gender norms?
A) Anti-war protests
B) Communist rallies
C) Greek events
D) Psychedelic happenings
- 32. How do historians view the influence of countercultural movements in American politics and society?
A) They disagree over it
B) They agree it destroyed the nation
C) They view it as entirely insignificant
D) They completely ignore it
- 33. How does sociologist Todd Gitlin describe the countercultural movement?
A) Pragmatic
B) Altruistic
C) Deeply spiritual
D) Self-indulgent
- 34. According to Todd Gitlin, the countercultural movement was childish, irrational, narcissistic, and what else?
A) Enlightening
B) Beneficial
C) Visionary
D) Dangerous
- 35. What is a possible outcome of the countercultural movement suggested at the end of the text?
A) Establishing a socialist utopia
B) Creating new marketing segments for the 'hip' crowd
C) Permanently abolishing higher education
D) Overthrowing Western governments
- 36. Which demographic cohort precedes baby boomers?
A) Silent Generation
B) Millennials
C) Generation Z
D) Generation X
- 37. Which demographic cohort follows baby boomers?
A) Silent Generation
B) Greatest Generation
C) Generation X
D) Baby boomers
- 38. The baby boom was a population increase that followed the end of which conflict?
A) World War II
B) The Cold War
C) The Vietnam War
D) World War I
- 39. Most boomers are typically the parents of which generations?
A) The Greatest Generation only
B) Generation X, Millennials, and older Generation Z
C) Silent Generation and Baby Boomers
D) Generation Alpha only
- 40. What type of environment did many Western boomers grow up expecting?
A) Constant economic collapse and societal ruin
B) Permanent global warfare
C) Total isolation from technological progress
D) Economic prosperity and the world improving with time
- 41. What is another name for younger US boomers who came of age during the malaise years?
A) Generation Jones
B) Leading-edge boomers
C) The Greatest Generation
D) The Silent Generation
- 42. What policy were baby boomers in China subjected to as adults?
A) Three-child policy
B) One-child policy
C) No-marriage policy
D) Two-child policy
- 43. In the United States, what is the age demographic that remains larger than baby boomers?
A) Generation Z
B) Millennials
C) Generation X
D) Silent Generation
- 44. Which reporter described the post-World War II population increase as a 'boom' in a May 4, 1951, column?
A) Sylvia F. Porter
B) Landon Jones
C) Leslie J. Nason
D) David Foot
- 45. What was the population increase percentage in the U.S. from the 1940 census to the 1950 census cited by Sylvia F. Porter?
A) 20.5%
B) 5.5%
C) 14.5%
D) 10.0%
- 46. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, when did the modern meaning of 'baby boomer' date to?
A) December 31, 1980
B) May 4, 1951
C) January 23, 1970
D) January 1, 1960
- 47. Which publication featured the January 23, 1970, article cited by the Oxford English Dictionary?
A) The Washington Post
B) The Times
C) New York Post
D) Daily Press
- 48. Which book did Landon Jones publish in 1980 regarding the baby boom generation?
A) Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation
B) Boom, Bust and Echo
C) Les Baby-Boomers: Une génération
D) Le Fabuleux Destin des Baby-Boomers
- 49. Who wrote the 1997 book 'Boom, Bust and Echo: Profiting from the Demographic Shift in the 21st Century'?
A) David Foot
B) Bernard Salt
C) Doug Owram
D) Neil Howe
- 50. Who wrote the 2019 book 'Le Fabuleux Destin des Baby-Boomers'?
A) Michèle Delaunay
B) David Foot
C) Doug Owram
D) Jean-François Sirinelli
- 51. Who wrote the study 'Les Baby-Boomers: Une génération 1945-1969'?
A) Bernard Salt
B) Landon Jones
C) Michèle Delaunay
D) Jean-François Sirinelli
- 52. According to the Office for National Statistics, how many baby booms did the UK have in the middle of the 20th century?
A) Two
B) One
C) Four
D) Three
- 53. Where does Bernard Salt place the Australian baby boom?
A) Between 1946 and 1961
B) Between 1947 and 1966
C) Between 1945 and 1969
D) Between 1943 and 1960
- 54. What are individuals born between 1946 and 1955 in the US often called?
A) Millennials
B) Generation Jones
C) Leading-edge boomers
D) Trailing-edge boomers
- 55. Which historical eras did leading-edge US boomers come of age during?
A) Great Depression and World War II
B) Watergate scandal and 1970s economic struggles
C) Cultural Revolution and one-child policy
D) Vietnam War and Civil Rights eras
- 56. Approximately how many people belong to the leading-edge boomer cohort in the U.S.?
A) 19,161,229
B) 37,818,000
C) 400,000
D) 38,002,000
- 57. Roughly what fraction of baby boomer men served in the military in the U.S.?
A) 1 in 4
B) 1 in 20
C) 1 in 2
D) 1 in 10
- 58. Approximately how many people belong to the Generation Jones cohort in the U.S.?
A) 38,002,000
B) 19,161,229
C) 37,818,000
D) 400,000
- 59. Which country has the largest baby-boom cohort in the world?
A) Japan
B) South Korea
C) Taiwan
D) China
- 60. Who referred to many Chinese neighborhoods as being disproportionately filled with the elderly?
A) Howard French
B) The National Development Council
C) The Chinese Communist Party
D) The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
- 61. According to the National Development Council of Taiwan, when could the nation's population start shrinking?
A) 2022
B) 2027
C) 2040
D) 2034
- 62. By what year could the number of people of working age fall by 10% in Taiwan?
A) 2034
B) 2022
C) 2027
D) 2040
- 63. Which listed place transitions from an aged to a super-aged society the fastest according to the text?
A) Japan
B) Taiwan
C) Singapore
D) United States
- 64. In what year did Japan's population peak?
A) 2022
B) 2017
C) 2040
D) 2018
- 65. What percentage of Japan's population are forecast to be elderly by 2040?
A) 50%
B) 21%
C) 27%
D) 35%
- 66. By what year was Japan already a super-aged society with 27% of its people older than 65?
A) 2018
B) 2022
C) 2040
D) 2017
- 67. In which country did a baby boom occur in the aftermath of the Korean War?
A) Taiwan
B) South Korea
C) Japan
D) China
- 68. What has the South Korean government used in recent times to try to increase the national fertility rate?
A) Mandatory marriage laws
B) Compulsory labor programs
C) Tax penalties
D) Subsidies
- 69. How many years does it take France to transition from an aged to a super-aged society?
A) 51
B) 29
C) 14
D) 8
- 70. How many years does it take the United Kingdom to transition from an aged to a super-aged society?
A) 29
B) 14
C) 11
D) 51
- 71. What is the term for the shift from traditional to expressive and individualistic values that began by the 1960s?
A) The second demographic transition
B) The modern ideological shift
C) The post-war sociological evolution
D) The great cultural awakening
- 72. Where is Europe's aging population problem especially acute?
A) Eastern Europe
B) Scandinavia
C) Western Europe
D) Southern Europe
- 73. How is the aging population problem alleviated in Western Europe?
A) Higher birth rates
B) International immigration
C) Lower life expectancies
D) Government retirement incentives
- 74. What percentage of the population of the European Union were 65 or older in 2018?
A) 19.70%
B) 25.40%
C) 10.50%
D) 31.20%
- 75. What was the median age in the European Union in 2019?
A) 43
B) 51
C) 29
D) 35
- 76. According to the Pew Research Center, how many baby boomers were estimated to be in the United States as of 2019?
A) 89.4 million
B) 71.6 million
C) 62.1 million
D) 50.2 million
- 77. Which pediatrician published 'The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care' in 1946?
A) Lyndon B. Johnson
B) David Foot
C) Benjamin Spock
D) Mao Zedong
- 78. What financial assistance program did the United States offer to Western European nations after the Second World War?
A) The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
B) The Marshall Plan
C) The Hart-Celler Act
D) The Great Leap Forward
- 79. What phenomenon in the United States saw the beginning of mass development in residential areas outside cities, unlike in European democracies?
A) High-rise centralization
B) Suburbanization
C) Urban renewal
D) Industrial zoning
- 80. What was a consequence of measles vaccination in the United States besides falling childhood mortality rates?
A) Decreased immigration rates
B) A surge in housing prices
C) Lower university tuition fees
D) Rising family income
- 81. What major goal did practically all governments in the developing world pursue?
A) Universal higher education
B) Universal literacy
C) Compulsory military service
D) Industrial automation
- 82. What did James R. Flynn examine in the 1980s?
A) Economic inflation rates
B) Psychometric data
C) High school dropout statistics
D) University enrollment numbers
- 83. Which mathematical school heavily influenced educational reforms in the late 1950s?
A) Nicholas Bourbaki school
B) Euclidean institute
C) Pythagorean academy
D) Newtonian circle
- 84. Who headed the commission established in France to work out the details of mathematics education reforms?
A) James R. Flynn
B) André Lichnerowicz
C) Edward Mills Purcell
D) James B. Conant
- 85. Before World War II, the share of university-educated people was negligible in most nations except which country?
A) West Germany
B) United Kingdom
C) France
D) The United States
- 86. In South Korea, the share of the population that were university students grew from around 0.8% to what percentage between 1975 and 1983?
A) 3%
B) 5%
C) 10%
D) 1.5%
- 87. Who wrote the 1959 book 'The American High School Today', critiquing the status quo of education?
A) Herbert Callen
B) James B. Conant
C) Peter Turchin
D) André Lichnerowicz
- 88. According to a Life magazine report following the Sputnik launch, what proportion of American high-school students took no physics at all?
A) Half
B) All of them
C) Three quarters
D) One quarter
- 89. Which U.S. President gave direct orders for major science education reforms and increased federal funding for research?
A) Harry S. Truman
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 90. Who authored the famous undergraduate physics textbook 'Electricity and Magnetism' as part of the Berkeley series?
A) Edward Mills Purcell
B) Paul Dirac
C) Vladimir Arnold
D) Herbert Callen
- 91. Approximately what fraction of Baby Boomers earned at least a bachelor's degree in the United States?
A) About a tenth
B) About half
C) About a quarter
D) Nearly all
- 92. What did American physicist Herbert Callen observe about industry leaders' desires versus academic directions in 1971?
A) Industry favored computer science, while universities only taught classical mechanics
B) Industry leaders desired practical subjects like thermodynamics, but academia went toward abstract statistical mechanics
C) Industry wanted more nuclear physics, but universities focused on biology
D) Industry leaders wanted pure mathematics, while schools taught vocational skills
- 93. What term did quantitative historian Peter Turchin use to describe intensifying competition among a larger number of graduates than the economy could absorb?
A) Youth stagnation
B) Elite overproduction
C) Demographic saturation
D) Academic inflation
- 94. By the mid-1970s, what percentage of Chinese children went to elementary school?
A) 75%
B) 50%
C) 25%
D) 96%
- 95. What new doll was brought to market in the United States in 1959?
A) Chatty Cathy
B) Betsey Wetsy
C) Barbie Millicent Roberts
D) Baby Nancy
- 96. Which household electronic device became available right after the Second World War and quickly became a major source of family entertainment?
A) The record player
B) The radio
C) The television set
D) The microwave
- 97. What values did top soap operas typically promote in the United Kingdom?
A) Strict libertarian values
B) Post-war social-democratic values
C) Ultra-conservative capitalist values
D) Feudal aristocratic values
- 98. Which female comic book character was accused of sexual deviancy during post-war moral panics?
A) Lois Lane
B) Wonder Woman
C) Catwoman
D) Batgirl
- 99. Whose 1954 book titled Seduction of the Innocent caused a decline in the comics industry?
A) J. D. Salinger
B) Fredric Wertham
C) Michael Cart
D) S. E. Hinton
- 100. What regulatory body was created in 1954 to curb violence in comic books?
A) The Federal Communications Commission
B) The Comics Code Authority
C) The Media Censorship Bureau
D) The National Board of Review
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