On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?

2024

2017

2000

2020
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?

Yale

Columbia

Harvard

Duke
3 Snyder's background is in ___.

United States history

philosophy

linguistics

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

end

falter

fail

instruct
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 WWI

after WWII

after the revolution of 1848

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

after the Suez Crisis

after WWII

after the Cold War

after WWI
8 The third major democratic moment in European history was ___.

after WWII

after Brexit

after Putin

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

Excesses of democracy

Globalization and inequalities

Terrorism

Pandemics
10 How many lessons are in the book?

21

20

10

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

under any circumstances

tyrants

in advance

when forced
12 An example of anticipatory obedience is ___.

the Solidarity movement

the US in WWII

Ukraine in the 21st century

Nazi Germany
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?

Unknown

To an extent

No

Yes
14 What experiment does Snyder reference?

The Milgram experiement

The Stanford Prison experiment

The Asch conformity experiments

The Michelson-Morley experiment
15 The second lesson is "defend ___."

institutions

equality

democracy

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

prisons

laws

the courts

labor unions
17 How long did it take for Germany to become a one-party state?

1 year

10 years

5 years

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

democratic

fascist

one-party

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 imperfect.

We voted for democracy for the last time in 2020.

Our government is perfect.

Our government is moving away from oligarchy.
21 Which of the following does Snyder NOT advocate for?

Money out of politics

Not letting oath breakers run for office

Paper ballots

Less elections
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?

Cows

Insects

Horses

Pigs
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?

Only the prosperous

Only peasants

Neither peasants nor the prosperous

Peasants and the prosperous
25 Should we display symbols of loyalty?

Yes, if under force

Yes, under all circumstances

Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

No

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