On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?
2020

2000

2024

2017
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?
Harvard

Yale

Columbia

Duke
3 Snyder's background is in ___.
linguistics

United States history

philosophy

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

falter

instruct

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

the Byzantines and Rome

the Chinese and Japanese

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

after Napoleon

after WWII

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

after WWI

after the Cold War

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

after Putin

after Brexit

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

Pandemics

Globalization and inequalities

Terrorism
10 How many lessons are in the book?
25

21

10

20
11 The first lesson says "do not obey ___."
tyrants

under any circumstances

when forced

in advance
12 An example of anticipatory obedience is ___.
Ukraine in the 21st century

Nazi Germany

the US in WWII

the Solidarity movement
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?
To an extent

Yes

No

Unknown
14 What experiment does Snyder reference?
The Asch conformity experiments

The Michelson-Morley experiment

The Milgram experiement

The Stanford Prison experiment
15 The second lesson is "defend ___."
institutions

equality

freedom

democracy
16 All the following are Snyder's examples of institutions except ___.
labor unions

prisons

laws

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

2 years

5 years

1 year
18 The third lesson is "beware the ___ state."
one-party

democratic

communist

fascist
19 Where does the threat to our democracy come from?
Stateless people

Americans within

Americans without

Foreign powers
20 Which of the following is true?
Our government is moving away from oligarchy.

Our government is imperfect.

Our government is perfect.

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

Money out of politics

Paper ballots

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

the face of the world

the fight for rights

the media
23 How were prosperous famers portrayed in Soviet Russia?
Horses

Insects

Cows

Pigs
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?
Only peasants

Neither peasants nor the prosperous

Peasants and the prosperous

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

Yes, under all circumstances

Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

Yes, if under force

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