On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?
2000

2024

2017

2020
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?
Columbia

Duke

Yale

Harvard
3 Snyder's background is in ___.
philosophy

United States history

European history

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

fail

instruct

end
5 Past generations of Americans studied the histories of ___.
the Byzantines and Rome

Egypt 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 the Cold War

after the Suez Crisis

after WWI

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

after the Cold War

after Brexit

after WWII
9 Why do fascism and communism arise? In response to what?
Terrorism

Globalization and inequalities

Excesses of democracy

Pandemics
10 How many lessons are in the book?
20

25

10

21
11 The first lesson says "do not obey ___."
under any circumstances

tyrants

when forced

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

Nazi Germany

the Solidarity movement

the US in WWII
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?
To an extent

No

Unknown

Yes
14 What experiment does Snyder reference?
The Stanford Prison experiment

The Milgram experiement

The Michelson-Morley experiment

The Asch conformity experiments
15 The second lesson is "defend ___."
democracy

institutions

freedom

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

laws

labor unions

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

10 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?
Americans without

Foreign powers

Stateless people

Americans within
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

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 face of the world

other people

the fight for rights
23 How were prosperous famers portrayed in Soviet Russia?
Pigs

Insects

Horses

Cows
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?
Yes, under all circumstances

No

Yes, if under force

Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

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