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 ___.
United States history

linguistics

European history

philosophy
4 History does not repeat, but it does ___.
falter

instruct

fail

end
5 Past generations of Americans studied the histories of ___.
the Chinese and Japanese

Egypt and Rome

the Byzantines and Rome

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

after WWI

after Napoleon

after WWII
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 the Cold War

after Brexit

after Putin
9 Why do fascism and communism arise? In response to what?
Globalization and inequalities

Terrorism

Pandemics

Excesses of democracy
10 How many lessons are in the book?
20

25

21

10
11 The first lesson says "do not obey ___."
when forced

in advance

tyrants

under any circumstances
12 An example of anticipatory obedience is ___.
the US in WWII

Nazi Germany

the Solidarity movement

Ukraine in the 21st century
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?
Yes

No

To an extent

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

The Milgram experiement

The Michelson-Morley experiment

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

freedom

institutions

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

labor unions

the courts

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

1 year

2 years

10 years
18 The third lesson is "beware the ___ state."
one-party

democratic

communist

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

Foreign powers

Stateless people

Americans within
20 Which of the following is true?
Our government is perfect.

Our government is moving away from oligarchy.

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

Not letting oath breakers run for office

Paper ballots

Money out of politics
22 In the fourth lesson, we are supposed to take responsibility for ___.
the media

the fight for rights

the face of the world

other people
23 How were prosperous famers portrayed in Soviet Russia?
Pigs

Cows

Horses

Insects
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?
Only the prosperous

Peasants and the prosperous

Neither peasants nor the prosperous

Only peasants
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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