On Tyranny Quizzes

On Tyranny Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?

2000

2017

2024

2020
2 Where is Sndyer a professor?

Columbia

Harvard

Duke

Yale
3 Snyder's background is in ___.

United States history

linguistics

philosophy

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

fail

end

falter

instruct
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 WWI

after the revolution of 1848

after Napoleon
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 the Cold War

after WWII

after Putin

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

Globalization and inequalities

Excesses of democracy

Pandemics

Terrorism
10 How many lessons are in the book?

21

10

25

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

under any circumstances

when forced

in advance

tyrants
12 An example of anticipatory obedience is ___.

the Solidarity movement

the US in WWII

Ukraine in the 21st century

Nazi Germany
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 Stanford Prison experiment

The Michelson-Morley experiment

The Milgram experiement
15 The second lesson is "defend ___."

democracy

equality

institutions

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

the courts

laws

prisons

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

5 years

1 year

2 years

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

democratic

one-party

communist

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

Americans without

Americans within

Foreign powers

Stateless people
20 Which of the following is true?

Our government is perfect.

Our government is moving away from oligarchy.

Our government is imperfect.

We voted for democracy for the last time in 2020.
21 Which of the following does Snyder NOT advocate for?

Money out of politics

Less elections

Paper ballots

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

the media

the face of the world

other people

the fight for rights
23 How were prosperous famers portrayed in Soviet Russia?

Horses

Pigs

Insects

Cows
24 Who suffered in Soviet Russia?

Peasants and the prosperous

Only the prosperous

Neither peasants nor the prosperous

Only peasants
25 Should we display symbols of loyalty?

Yes, if under force

Only if we consider whether it includes or excludes

Yes, under all circumstances

No

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