On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?
2000

2017

2020

2024
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?
Harvard

Yale

Columbia

Duke
3 Snyder's background is in ___.
linguistics

European history

philosophy

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

falter

fail

instruct
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 WWI

after Napoleon

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

after WWII

after the Suez Crisis

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

after the Cold War

after Putin

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

Pandemics

Terrorism

Globalization and inequalities
10 How many lessons are in the book?
20

10

21

25
11 The first lesson says "do not obey ___."
when forced

under any circumstances

tyrants

in advance
12 An example of anticipatory obedience is ___.
Ukraine in the 21st century

Nazi Germany

the Solidarity movement

the US in WWII
13 Is anticipatory obedience only something Germans do?
Unknown

Yes

To an extent

No
14 What experiment does Snyder reference?
The Asch conformity experiments

The Michelson-Morley experiment

The Milgram experiement

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

equality

democracy

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

laws

labor unions

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

2 years

10 years

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

one-party

fascist

democratic
19 Where does the threat to our democracy come from?
Foreign powers

Stateless people

Americans without

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

We voted for democracy for the last time in 2020.

Our government is moving away from oligarchy.

Our government is imperfect.
21 Which of the following does Snyder NOT advocate for?
Paper ballots

Money out of politics

Less elections

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

other people

the face of the world

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

Cows

Insects

Horses
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?
Only peasants

Neither peasants nor the prosperous

Peasants and the prosperous

Only the prosperous
25 Should we display symbols of loyalty?
Yes, under all circumstances

Yes, if under force

Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

No

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