On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?
2024

2017

2000

2020
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?
Harvard

Duke

Columbia

Yale
3 Snyder's background is in ___.
European history

philosophy

linguistics

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

falter

end

instruct
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 WWII

after WWI

after the revolution of 1848

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 Brexit

after WWII

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

Pandemics

Excesses of democracy

Globalization and inequalities
10 How many lessons are in the book?
20

21

25

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

tyrants

under any circumstances

in advance
12 An example of anticipatory obedience is ___.
the US in WWII

Ukraine in the 21st century

the Solidarity movement

Nazi Germany
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?
To an extent

No

Unknown

Yes
14 What experiment does Snyder reference?
The Milgram experiement

The Asch conformity experiments

The Michelson-Morley experiment

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

equality

institutions

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

prisons

labor unions

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

5 years

1 year

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

one-party

fascist

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

Americans without

Americans within

Foreign powers
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

Money out of politics

Not letting oath breakers run for office

Paper ballots
22 In the fourth lesson, we are supposed to take responsibility for ___.
other people

the fight for rights

the media

the face of the world
23 How were prosperous famers portrayed in Soviet Russia?
Horses

Insects

Cows

Pigs
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?
Only the prosperous

Only peasants

Peasants and the prosperous

Neither peasants nor the prosperous
25 Should we display symbols of loyalty?
Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

Yes, under all circumstances

Yes, if under force

No

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