On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?
2000

2017

2020

2024
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?
Yale

Harvard

Duke

Columbia
3 Snyder's background is in ___.
linguistics

philosophy

United States history

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

falter

fail

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

Greece and Rome

the Chinese and Japanese

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

after Napoleon

after WWI

after WWII
7 The second major democratic moment in European history was ___.
after the Suez Crisis

after WWI

after WWII

after the Cold War
8 The third major democratic moment in European history was ___.
after the Cold War

after Brexit

after Putin

after WWII
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 ___."
in advance

under any circumstances

when forced

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

Nazi Germany

Ukraine in the 21st century

the Solidarity movement
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?
Unknown

To an extent

No

Yes
14 What experiment does Snyder reference?
The Michelson-Morley experiment

The Asch conformity experiments

The Stanford Prison experiment

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

equality

freedom

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

prisons

the courts

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

10 years

1 year

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

communist

democratic

fascist
19 Where does the threat to our democracy come from?
Americans within

Stateless people

Foreign powers

Americans without
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?
Paper ballots

Money out of politics

Not letting oath breakers run for office

Less elections
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?
Cows

Insects

Horses

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

Only peasants

Neither peasants nor the prosperous

Only 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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