On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?
2024

2000

2017

2020
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?
Yale

Duke

Harvard

Columbia
3 Snyder's background is in ___.
United States history

European history

linguistics

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

fail

falter

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

the Chinese and Japanese

the Byzantines and Rome

Egypt 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 the Cold War

after WWII

after WWI

after the Suez Crisis
8 The third major democratic moment in European history was ___.
after Putin

after WWII

after Brexit

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

Excesses of democracy

Pandemics

Globalization and inequalities
10 How many lessons are in the book?
21

20

25

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

when forced

in advance

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?
Unknown

Yes

No

To an extent
14 What experiment does Snyder reference?
The Asch conformity experiments

The Michelson-Morley experiment

The Stanford Prison experiment

The Milgram experiement
15 The second lesson is "defend ___."
freedom

democracy

equality

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

labor unions

prisons

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

5 years

10 years

1 year
18 The third lesson is "beware the ___ state."
communist

fascist

democratic

one-party
19 Where does the threat to our democracy come from?
Foreign powers

Americans without

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?
Not letting oath breakers run for office

Money out of politics

Less elections

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

the face of the world

other people

the media
23 How were prosperous famers portrayed in Soviet Russia?
Horses

Pigs

Cows

Insects
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?
Peasants and the prosperous

Neither peasants nor the prosperous

Only the prosperous

Only peasants
25 Should we display symbols of loyalty?
No

Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

Yes, under all circumstances

Yes, if under force

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