Glossary of anarchism - Quiz
Glossary of anarchism
  • 1. What is a Dispute resolution organization (DRO)?
A) A state-run judicial court system
B) A private or cooperative organization for resolving disputes
C) A police department enforcing state laws
D) A government agency for criminal prosecution
  • 2. What is the primary concept behind 'Diversity of tactics'?
A) A strict code of conduct for all protesters
B) A united front despite disagreeing on specific tactics
C) The requirement to use only peaceful methods
D) The abandonment of all protest actions
  • 3. What does the term 'Dual power' refer to?
A) A military alliance between two nations
B) The balance between two political parties
C) Creating counter-institutions to oppose state power
D) The division of powers in a representative democracy
  • 4. What is the purpose of 'Dumpster diving'?
A) Disposing of hazardous waste materials
B) Salvaging useful material such as food or information
C) Cleaning city streets of litter
D) Protesting against urban expansion
  • 5. Who advanced the theory of 'Epistemological anarchism'?
A) Paul Feyerabend
B) Mikhail Bakunin
C) Vladimir Lenin
D) Karl Marx
  • 6. What is the core attitude of 'Epistemological anarchism'?
A) Methodological pluralism or 'anything goes'
B) Total reliance on religious doctrine
C) The rejection of all scientific knowledge
D) Strict adherence to scientific method rules
  • 7. What is 'Food rescue'?
A) Restricting food consumption to save resources
B) The mass production of canned goods
C) Retrieving edible food to distribute to those in need
D) Destroying food surplus to increase market value
  • 8. What defines a 'Free school'?
A) A private institution charging tuition
B) A formal school with strict academic standards
C) A school funded exclusively by the state
D) A decentralized network sharing knowledge without social hierarchy
  • 9. What were 'Free soviets' in the context of the Russian Revolution?
A) Soviet-era state agencies
B) Military camps run by the Bolsheviks
C) Political prisons for dissenters
D) Self-governing workers' councils free from party control
  • 10. What is 'Freeganism'?
A) A movement to increase consumer spending
B) The practice of starting organic farms
C) A state-sponsored recycling program
D) An anti-consumerist lifestyle using salvaged goods
  • 11. In Freiwirtschaft theory, what does 'Freigeld' prevent?
A) The exchange of goods
B) The use of gold as currency
C) International trade
D) Inflation and profiting from interest
  • 12. What is a 'Give-away shop'?
A) A retail store with seasonal discounts
B) A shop where all goods are free
C) A government-subsidized grocery store
D) A traditional thrift store
  • 13. What is 'Guerrilla gardening'?
A) The industrial farming of public lands
B) Applying for government permits for community parks
C) Destroying gardens to build apartments
D) Converting disused plots to gardens without permission
  • 14. Who were the Haymarket Martyrs?
A) Business owners who were victims of theft
B) Soldiers who fought in the Civil War
C) Politicians who supported labor rights
D) Anarchists executed after the Haymarket affair
  • 15. What is the primary method of organization in 'Horizontalidad'?
A) Representative parliamentary voting
B) Top-down management hierarchies
C) Rule by a central committee
D) Direct democracy and consensus decision-making
  • 16. What does the term 'acracy' specifically refer to?
A) The rule of the strongest
B) The absence of coercion
C) The suppression of speech
D) A system of absolute monarchy
  • 17. Which term describes an organization that is temporarily assembled to meet specific requirements?
A) Bourse du Travail
B) Black bloc
C) Adhocracy
D) Anarch
  • 18. Who coined the term 'anarch'?
A) Ernst Jünger
B) Josiah Warren
C) Max Stirner
D) The Situationists
  • 19. From which language is the term 'anarchy' derived?
A) Ancient Greek
B) Latin
C) German
D) French
  • 20. What does the term 'ansoc' stand for?
A) Anarcho-socialism
B) Anarcho-society
C) Anti-socialist
D) Anarchist-social
  • 21. What does 'archon' mean?
A) Community
B) System
C) Ruler
D) Worker
  • 22. Who coined the maxim 'cost the limit of price'?
A) The Situationists
B) Ernst Jünger
C) Max Stirner
D) Josiah Warren
  • 23. What does 'black anarchism' oppose?
A) Oppression of people of colour by the white ruling class
B) The concept of mutual aid
C) The use of technology in society
D) Participation in informal discourse
  • 24. Which doctrine rejects all moral obligations and governmental law in favour of personal desires?
A) Mutual aid
B) Lifestylism
C) Immediatism
D) Illegalism
  • 25. Which group pioneered the doctrine of Illegalism?
A) Provo
B) Makhnovshchina
C) Bonnot Gang
D) Kabouters
  • 26. Which philosopher heavily influenced the illegalist tendency?
A) Mikhail Bakunin
B) Max Stirner
C) Nestor Makhno
D) Herbert Spencer
  • 27. What philosophy promotes immediate social interactions to counter consumerist capitalism?
A) Mutual aid
B) Immediatism
C) Illegalism
D) Prefigurative politics
  • 28. Who proposed the idea of an 'invisible dictatorship'?
A) Mikhail Bakunin
B) Max Stirner
C) Nestor Makhno
D) Herbert Spencer
  • 29. What is defined as the exploitation of national law differences to maximize liberty?
A) Jurisdictional arbitrage
B) Illegalism
C) Mutual aid
D) Propaganda of the deed
  • 30. Which group of Dutch anarchists were influenced by Peter Kropotkin?
A) Bonnot Gang
B) Provo
C) Makhnovshchina
D) Kabouters
  • 31. The slogan 'Land and liberty' originated from which conflict?
A) Spanish Civil War
B) French Revolution
C) Russian Revolution
D) Mexican Revolution
  • 32. Who named the 'law of equal liberty'?
A) Mikhail Bakunin
B) Max Stirner
C) Nestor Makhno
D) Herbert Spencer
  • 33. What were the 'Lois scélérates'?
A) Laws promoting public education
B) Laws restricting the French anarchist press
C) Laws regarding property rights
D) Laws defining mutual aid
  • 34. Who led the mass movement known as the Makhnovshchina?
A) Nestor Makhno
B) Vittorio Pini
C) Clément Duval
D) Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia
  • 35. The Modern School was based on the ideas of which educator?
A) Max Stirner
B) Mikhail Bakunin
C) Herbert Spencer
D) Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia
  • 36. What is the voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources and services called?
A) Jurisdictional arbitrage
B) Illegalism
C) Netwar
D) Mutual aid
  • 37. What term refers to a low-intensity social conflict using network structures?
A) Lifestylism
B) Netwar
C) Makhnovshchina
D) Immediatism
  • 38. What is the basis of a Really Really Free Market?
A) Barter trading
B) Gift economics
C) State subsidies
D) Capitalist accumulation
  • 39. Who coined the acronym TANSTAAFL?
A) Robert A. Heinlein
B) Emma Goldman
C) Mikhail Bakunin
D) Peter Kropotkin
  • 40. When did the Tragic Week take place?
A) August 12-August 20, 1920
B) May 1-May 7, 1905
C) June 1-June 10, 1894
D) July 25-August 2, 1909
  • 41. In workers' self-management, who makes the decisions?
A) Professional managers
B) Company shareholders
C) The workers
D) State bureaucrats
  • 42. What is the prerequisite for the state's abolition according to Zenarchy?
A) Violent revolution
B) Economic collapse
C) Technological advancement
D) Universal enlightenment
  • 43. What is a zine?
A) A low-circulation, non-commercial periodical
B) A digital-only news portal
C) A peer-reviewed academic journal
D) A high-circulation corporate magazine
  • 44. What is the primary method of reproducing a zine?
A) Photocopier
B) Offset printing press
C) Hand-written calligraphy
D) Digital broadcasting
  • 45. With what are zine libraries closely associated?
A) Commercial newsstands
B) Government archives
C) University bookstores
D) Infoshops
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