On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?
2000

2024

2020

2017
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?
Columbia

Duke

Yale

Harvard
3 Snyder's background is in ___.
linguistics

European history

philosophy

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

end

fail

falter
5 Past generations of Americans studied the histories of ___.
the Chinese and Japanese

Greece and Rome

the Byzantines and Rome

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

after WWII

after Napoleon

after WWI
7 The second major democratic moment in European history was ___.
after the Cold War

after the Suez Crisis

after WWI

after WWII
8 The third major democratic moment in European history was ___.
after Brexit

after Putin

after the Cold War

after WWII
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?
21

25

10

20
11 The first lesson says "do not obey ___."
when forced

tyrants

in advance

under any circumstances
12 An example of anticipatory obedience is ___.
Ukraine in the 21st century

the Solidarity movement

the US in WWII

Nazi Germany
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?
Yes

No

Unknown

To an extent
14 What experiment does Snyder reference?
The Stanford Prison experiment

The Milgram experiement

The Asch conformity experiments

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

democracy

equality

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

the courts

labor unions

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

5 years

1 year

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

fascist

communist

democratic
19 Where does the threat to our democracy come from?
Stateless people

Americans without

Foreign powers

Americans within
20 Which of the following is true?
Our government is imperfect.

Our government is perfect.

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?
Less elections

Not letting oath breakers run for office

Money out of politics

Paper ballots
22 In the fourth lesson, we are supposed to take responsibility for ___.
the face of the world

the fight for rights

other people

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

Horses

Pigs

Cows
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?
Only the prosperous

Only peasants

Peasants and the prosperous

Neither peasants nor the prosperous
25 Should we display symbols of loyalty?
Yes, under all circumstances

No

Yes, if under force

Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

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