On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?
2020

2000

2024

2017
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 ___.
fail

instruct

falter

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

the Chinese and Japanese

Greece and Rome

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

after the revolution of 1848

after WWI

after Napoleon
7 The second major democratic moment in European history was ___.
after WWI

after WWII

after the Cold War

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?
Pandemics

Globalization and inequalities

Excesses of democracy

Terrorism
10 How many lessons are in the book?
10

25

21

20
11 The first lesson says "do not obey ___."
under any circumstances

tyrants

when forced

in advance
12 An example of anticipatory obedience is ___.
Nazi Germany

the Solidarity movement

Ukraine in the 21st century

the US in WWII
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?
No

Yes

Unknown

To an extent
14 What experiment does Snyder reference?
The Michelson-Morley experiment

The Milgram experiement

The Asch conformity experiments

The Stanford Prison experiment
15 The second lesson is "defend ___."
institutions

democracy

equality

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

the courts

prisons

labor unions
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."
democratic

communist

one-party

fascist
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 imperfect.

We voted for democracy for the last time in 2020.

Our government is moving away from oligarchy.

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

Paper ballots

Money out of politics

Not letting oath breakers run for office
22 In the fourth lesson, we are supposed to take responsibility for ___.
the face of the world

the media

the fight for rights

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

Horses

Insects

Pigs
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?
Only peasants

Neither peasants nor the prosperous

Only the prosperous

Peasants and the prosperous
25 Should we display symbols of loyalty?
Yes, if under force

No

Yes, under all circumstances

Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

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