Overview Quiz

1. According to Federer, citing Sun Tzu, what is the highest form of military skill? *

A. Defeating the enemy with overwhelming force

B. Breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting

C. Building the strongest possible weapons

D. Winning a long war of attrition

2. What does Federer say is the ultimate aim of psychological operations? *

A. To move people from faith into fear

B. To improve a nation's morale

C. To educate the public

D. To strengthen a country's defenses

3. Which biblical account does Federer use as an example of a psychological victory won through fear and confusion? *

A. David and Goliath

B. The crossing of the Red Sea

C. Gideon and the 300 against the Midianites

D. The fall of Jericho

4. Who does Federer identify as the pioneer of using the human desire for acceptance to shape mass opinion? *

A. Joseph Goebbels

B. Antonio Gramsci

C. William Randolph Hearst

D. Edward Bernays

5. What did Bernays rename "propaganda" to make it more palatable? *

A. Public relations

B. Marketing science

C. Behavioral study

D. Mass communication

6. In Federer's chain of control, what controls public opinion? *

A. The military and the courts

B. Media, education, the church, and the internet

C. Only elected politicians

D. International treaties

7. What did the Solomon Asch experiment demonstrate? *

A. That authority figures can compel obedience

B. That isolation breaks a prisoner's will

C. That many people will deny what they plainly see in order to agree with a group

D. That advertising sells products

8. What did the Stanley Milgram experiment reveal about ordinary people? *

A. That most would administer what they believed were dangerous shocks when told to by an authority figure

B. That people always trust their own conscience

C. That fear has no effect on behavior

D. That group pressure does not influence decisions

9. What are the three steps of the "deconstruction" method Federer describes? *

A. Observe, orient, and act

B. Drive, neutral, and reverse, separating people from their past to reprogram them

C. Read, write, and recite

D. Divide, conquer, and rule

10. According to Federer, what is the antidote to being manipulated? *

A. Avoiding all forms of media

B. Gaining more political power

C. Memorizing history perfectly

D. Caring about God's approval more than people's approval