On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?
2017

2000

2024

2020
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?
Yale

Harvard

Duke

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

linguistics

philosophy

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

fail

falter

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 WWI

after Napoleon

after WWII

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

after the Cold War

after WWI

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

after Putin

after the Cold War

after Brexit
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?
20

25

10

21
11 The first lesson says "do not obey ___."
in advance

when forced

under any circumstances

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

the Solidarity movement

Nazi Germany

Ukraine in the 21st century
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?
Unknown

No

To an extent

Yes
14 What experiment does Snyder reference?
The Asch conformity experiments

The Stanford Prison experiment

The Milgram experiement

The Michelson-Morley experiment
15 The second lesson is "defend ___."
freedom

equality

institutions

democracy
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?
5 years

2 years

10 years

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

fascist

communist

one-party
19 Where does the threat to our democracy come from?
Americans within

Foreign powers

Stateless people

Americans without
20 Which of the following is true?
Our government is perfect.

Our government is imperfect.

We voted for democracy for the last time in 2020.

Our government is moving away from oligarchy.
21 Which of the following does Snyder NOT advocate for?
Not letting oath breakers run for office

Less elections

Paper ballots

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

the media

the face of the world

other people
23 How were prosperous famers portrayed in Soviet Russia?
Pigs

Cows

Horses

Insects
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?
Yes, if under force

Yes, under all circumstances

No

Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

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