On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?

2020

2000

2024

2017
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?

Harvard

Yale

Duke

Columbia
3 Snyder's background is in ___.

linguistics

European history

United States history

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

instruct

falter

fail

end
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 Napoleon

after WWI

after WWII

after the revolution of 1848
7 The second major democratic moment in European history was ___.

after WWII

after WWI

after the Cold War

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

after the Cold War

after WWII

after Putin

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

Pandemics

Terrorism

Globalization and inequalities

Excesses of democracy
10 How many lessons are in the book?

25

21

20

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

in advance

tyrants

under any circumstances

when forced
12 An example of anticipatory obedience is ___.

the US in WWII

Ukraine in the 21st century

Nazi Germany

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

Unknown

Yes

No

To an extent
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 ___."

equality

freedom

institutions

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

laws

labor unions

the courts

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

5 years

1 year

10 years

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

democratic

communist

one-party

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

Americans without

Stateless people

Americans within

Foreign powers
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 imperfect.

Our government is perfect.
21 Which of the following does Snyder NOT advocate for?

Paper ballots

Not letting oath breakers run for office

Less elections

Money out of politics
22 In the fourth lesson, we are supposed to take responsibility for ___.

the fight for rights

the media

other people

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

Pigs

Insects

Horses

Cows
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?

Only the prosperous

Only peasants

Neither peasants nor the prosperous

Peasants and the prosperous
25 Should we display symbols of loyalty?

No

Yes, under all circumstances

Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

Yes, if under force

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