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