The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1, Winter Comes Again

1. How do the authors present American history?

They turn history into prophesy.

2. What year does the book's introduction address?

1997.

3. What is the authors' fear as the book opens?

The country is unraveling.

4. As the book opens, how do the American people behave according to the authors?

Uneasy, aimless and adrift.

5. What comprises the First Turning according to the authors?

The people strengthen civic institutions.

6. What happens to old values during the First Turning according to the authors?

People abandon them.

7. What comprises the Second Turning according to the authors?

An era of spiritual rebirth.

8. What happens to civic order during the Second Turning according to the authors?

It comes under attack from a new system of values.

9. What comprises the Third Turning according to the authors?