Liberal Fascism - Introduction
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In the following quiz, we’ll be taking a look at the widely talked about the book from American author Jonah Goldberg in 2008 entitled “Liberal Fascism”, in which he claims that fascist movements were and are left-wing instead of right-wing. The book became a New York Times Best Seller, and in the quiz below we’ll be taking a look at some of the points made within it and seeing what you can tell us about it.
- 1.Who originated the term "Liberal Fascism"?
- A.
Jules Verne
- B.
H.G. Wells
- C.
Jonah Goldberg
- D.
Erich Fromm
- 2.Who noted, in his 1946 essay "Politics and the English Language", that: "The word Facism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable'"?
- A.
Aldous Huxley
- B.
Ernst Nolte
- C.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- D.
George Orwell
- 3.What essay had a notable impact on Mussolini, and, according to Goldberg, founds the basis for the logic of facism?
- A.
"The Moral Equivalent of War" by William James.
- B.
"The Philosophy of Fascism" by Giovanni Gentile.
- C.
"Historic Materialism and Marxist Economics" by Benedetto Croce.
- D.
"Science of Logic" by Georg Hegel.
- 4.Why does American fascism appear very different from the European variants?
- A.
Because America's diverse origins eliminate any nationalistic tendencies.
- B.
Because there is no such thing as American fascism.
- C.
Because the American two-party system excludes fascists from the political process.
- D.
Because it is moderated by special factors such as individualism and geographical size.
- 5.What does Goldberg identify as the first fascist movement?
- A.
The Counter-Reformation
- B.
The French Revolution
- C.
The March on Rome
- D.
The Munich Beer Hall Putsch.
- 6.The individual who conceived the brilliant tactic of labeling all inconvenient ideas and movements "fascist" was ____________.
- 7.The editor of which American magazine declared: "We are trying out the economics of Fascism without having suffered all its social or political ravages."
- A.
National Review
- B.
The Weekly Standard
- C.
The New Republic
- D.
Socialist Review
- 8.Modern American liberalism descended from what tradition of Christian socialism?
- A.
Progressivism
- B.
Futurism
- C.
Syndicalism
- D.
Classical liberalism
- 9.According to Goldberg, why is it not credible to consider anti-semitism an integral aspect of fascism?
- A.
Because there is no ideological relationship between German National Socialism and Italian Fascism.
- B.
Because Zionism is a form of Israeli fascism.
- C.
Because Jews were overrepresented in the Italian Fascist Party.
- D.
Because Benito Mussolini was half-Jewish.
- 10.What is the primary indication that an ideology is fascistic?
- A.
It is racist.
- B.
It is militaristic.
- C.
It has popular appeal.
- D.
It attempts to turn politics into a religion.
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