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

Duke

Harvard

Columbia
3 Snyder's background is in ___.
philosophy

linguistics

United States history

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

instruct

end

falter
5 Past generations of Americans studied the histories of ___.
Greece and Rome

Egypt and Rome

the Byzantines and Rome

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

after WWI

after WWII

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

after the Cold War

after the Suez Crisis

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

after the Cold War

after WWII

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

Terrorism

Excesses of democracy

Pandemics
10 How many lessons are in the book?
21

20

25

10
11 The first lesson says "do not obey ___."
in advance

when forced

tyrants

under any circumstances
12 An example of anticipatory obedience is ___.
Nazi Germany

Ukraine in the 21st century

the Solidarity movement

the US in WWII
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?
Yes

Unknown

No

To an extent
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 ___."
freedom

democracy

institutions

equality
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?
1 year

10 years

5 years

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

one-party

communist

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

Americans within

Foreign powers

Americans without
20 Which of the following is true?
We voted for democracy for the last time in 2020.

Our government is moving away from oligarchy.

Our government is perfect.

Our government is imperfect.
21 Which of the following does Snyder NOT advocate for?
Money out of politics

Paper ballots

Less elections

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

the fight for rights

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

Cows

Insects

Horses
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?
Only peasants

Only the prosperous

Neither peasants nor the prosperous

Peasants and the prosperous
25 Should we display symbols of loyalty?
Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

No

Yes, if under force

Yes, under all circumstances

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