On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?
2017

2024

2000

2020
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?
Yale

Harvard

Columbia

Duke
3 Snyder's background is in ___.
United States history

philosophy

linguistics

European history
4 History does not repeat, but it does ___.
instruct

falter

end

fail
5 Past generations of Americans studied the histories of ___.
Egypt and Rome

the Chinese and Japanese

Greece and Rome

the Byzantines and Rome
6 The first major democratic moment in European history was ___.
after the revolution of 1848

after WWII

after WWI

after Napoleon
7 The second major democratic moment in European history was ___.
after WWI

after WWII

after the Cold War

after the Suez Crisis
8 The third major democratic moment in European history was ___.
after Putin

after WWII

after Brexit

after the Cold War
9 Why do fascism and communism arise? In response to what?
Pandemics

Globalization and inequalities

Terrorism

Excesses of democracy
10 How many lessons are in the book?
21

20

10

25
11 The first lesson says "do not obey ___."
under any circumstances

in advance

tyrants

when forced
12 An example of anticipatory obedience is ___.
the Solidarity movement

Ukraine in the 21st century

Nazi Germany

the US in WWII
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?
To an extent

No

Yes

Unknown
14 What experiment does Snyder reference?
The Stanford Prison experiment

The Milgram experiement

The Michelson-Morley experiment

The Asch conformity experiments
15 The second lesson is "defend ___."
democracy

institutions

equality

freedom
16 All the following are Snyder's examples of institutions except ___.
the courts

prisons

labor unions

laws
17 How long did it take for Germany to become a one-party state?
10 years

1 year

5 years

2 years
18 The third lesson is "beware the ___ state."
fascist

one-party

democratic

communist
19 Where does the threat to our democracy come from?
Americans without

Stateless people

Foreign powers

Americans within
20 Which of the following is true?
Our government is moving away from oligarchy.

Our government is perfect.

Our government is imperfect.

We voted for democracy for the last time in 2020.
21 Which of the following does Snyder NOT advocate for?
Less elections

Paper ballots

Money out of politics

Not letting oath breakers run for office
22 In the fourth lesson, we are supposed to take responsibility for ___.
the face of the world

the media

other people

the fight for rights
23 How were prosperous famers portrayed in Soviet Russia?
Cows

Insects

Horses

Pigs
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?
Peasants and the prosperous

Only peasants

Neither peasants nor the prosperous

Only the prosperous
25 Should we display symbols of loyalty?
No

Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

Yes, if under force

Yes, under all circumstances

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