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  • 1. What is insurrectionary anarchism?
A) A political party that participates in parliamentary elections
B) A branch of state-sponsored socialism focused on nationalizing industries
C) A revolutionary theory and tendency emphasizing insurrection as a revolutionary practice
D) A peaceful philosophical society that avoids all political action
  • 2. How do insurrectionary anarchists view formal organizations like labor unions and federations?
A) They consider them the ultimate model for a future society
B) They are critical of them because they are based on political programs and periodic congresses
C) They fund and actively manage them
D) They believe every anarchist should lead them
  • 3. What type of organization do insurrectionary anarchists advocate instead of formal structures?
A) Informal and small affinity group-based organization
B) Global parliamentary federations
C) Large bureaucratic trade unions
D) Hierarchical military-style command chains
  • 4. What core concepts do insurrectionary anarchists put value in?
A) Attack, permanent class conflict, and a refusal to negotiate or compromise with class enemies
B) Collective bargaining, arbitration, and legal strikes
C) Diplomacy, electoral politics, and peaceful legislative reforms
D) Compromise, patience, and collaboration with state authorities
  • 5. With which movement is insurrectionary anarchism historically closely associated?
A) The Italian anarchist movement
B) The British Fabian society
C) The American Federalist movement
D) The Russian Bolshevik party
  • 6. Which groups are mentioned as having conducted bombing campaigns linked to insurrectionary anarchism?
A) The Red Army Faction and Weather Underground
B) The Galleanisti and Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)
C) The Carbonari and the Young Italy movement
D) The Industrial Workers of the World and the Knights of Labor
  • 7. Who wrote the 1845 book The Ego and Its Own, which served as an early inspiration?
A) Errico Malatesta
B) Marcus Graham
C) Max Stirner
D) Luigi Galleani
  • 8. How did Max Stirner distinguish between 'revolution' and 'insurrection'?
A) Revolution focuses on technology, while insurrection focuses on labor unions
B) Revolution aims for a new arrangement of society by a state, while insurrection aims to reject such arrangements and achieve free self-organisation
C) Revolution is carried out by individuals, while insurrection is organized by governments
D) Revolution is violent, while insurrection is entirely peaceful and legal
  • 9. During the 1870s, what did Italian anarchists initially mean by 'propaganda of the deed'?
A) Running for public office to change laws from within
B) Raising funds to build charitable hospitals and schools
C) Small direct actions that would inspire others to carry out acts of insurrection
D) Writing detailed theoretical books about economics
  • 10. What did insurrectionists view every riot or rebellion as?
A) A kind of 'revolutionary gymnastics' leading to a generalised social revolution
B) A purely cultural event without political meaning
C) A dangerous distraction from proper trade union work
D) An inevitable failure caused by poor police planning
  • 11. Which French President was assassinated by Italian individualist anarchists during the 1890s?
A) Emile Loubet
B) Armand Fallières
C) Raymond Poincaré
D) Sadi Carnot
  • 12. Which Spanish Prime Minister was assassinated during the 1890s by Italian individualist anarchists?
A) Eduardo Dato
B) José Canalejas
C) Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
D) Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
  • 13. Which Austrian Empress was killed as part of the assassinations carried out by Italian individualist anarchists in the 1890s?
A) Empress Sisi of Hungary
B) Archduchess Sophie
C) Elisabeth Wittelsbach
D) Maria Theresa
  • 14. Which Italian King was assassinated during the 1890s wave of individualist anarchist attacks?
A) Victor Emmanuel II
B) Victor Emmanuel III
C) Umberto Savoy
D) Carlo Alberto
  • 15. How did the question of organisation divide the Italian anarchist movement?
A) Between syndicalists advocating labour organisation and insurrectionists emphasizing violent and illegal direct action
B) Between those wanting a monarchy and those wanting a republic
C) Between rural farmers and urban factory owners
D) Between religious radicals and secular humanists
  • 16. What specific criticism did insurrectionary anarchists direct at the movement's reformist and activist tendencies?
A) They refused to cooperate with capitalist corporations
B) They were too violent and reckless
C) They failed to take 'immediate action'
D) They spent too much time reading Max Stirner
  • 17. Which pro-organisationalists considered the insurrectionists to really constitute a tendency of individualist anarchism?
A) Max Stirner and Sadi Carnot
B) Sacco and Vanzetti
C) Francesco Saverio Merlino and Errico Malatesta
D) Luigi Galleani and Marcus Graham
  • 18. Why did pro-organisationalists view insurrectionists as a form of individualist anarchism?
A) Because they rejected all forms of reading and writing
B) Due to their belief in individual sovereignty and natural law
C) Because they wanted to establish private property rights
D) Because they worked closely with individual factory owners
  • 19. Who promoted insurrectionary anarchism in the United States through the newspaper Cronaca Sovversiva?
A) Francesco Saverio Merlino
B) Luigi Galleani
C) Marcus Graham
D) Errico Malatesta
  • 20. Why did Luigi Galleani oppose anarchist participation in the labour movement?
A) He wanted workers to focus exclusively on agricultural production
B) He felt it displayed reformist tendencies and a receptiveness to corruption
C) He was paid by factory owners to break up strikes
D) He believed workers were already too wealthy to care about revolution
  • 21. With which union did Galleani enter into a fierce polemic during the 1912 Lawrence textile strike?
A) The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
B) The Knights of Labor
C) The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
D) The American Federation of Labor (AFL)
  • 22. How did outside observers generally view the different anarchist factions during the conflicts surrounding strikes?
A) As part of the same 'amorphous inscrutable threat'
B) As loyal supporters of the American government
C) As peaceful legal reformers seeking better wages
D) As a legitimate branch of the local police force
  • 23. What triggered the Galleanists to initiate a violent campaign against the American government?
A) The closing of public libraries in New York
B) Political repression following American entry into WWI and the killing of Italian anarchists by police
C) The election of a new conservative president
D) The passing of a new tax law on small businesses
  • 24. What specific event preceded the Galleanists' reprisal attack that caused a wave of arrests?
A) Some Italian anarchists were killed by police for tearing down an American flag
B) Several Italian immigrants were denied entry at Ellis Island
C) A peaceful labor protest was broken up by National Guard troops
D) An anarchist newspaper office was burned down by unknown vigilantes
  • 25. What type of bombs did the Galleanists send to industrialists, politicians, and lawyers?
A) Letter bombs
B) Timed explosive devices hidden in books
C) Car bombs
D) Dynamite packages left on doorsteps
  • 26. What was the result of the Galleanists' letter-bomb campaign targeting industrialists, politicians, and lawyers?
A) They were intercepted before leaving the post office without incident
B) They killed multiple high-ranking politicians and industrialists
C) They successfully destroyed several major government buildings
D) None hit their targets, injuring a housekeeper and accidentally killing an insurrectionist conspirator
  • 27. What event did the Galleanist bombings serve as justification for?
A) The entry of the United States into World War II
B) The creation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
C) The passage of the Prohibition amendment
D) The repression of the 1919 strike wave
  • 28. On what charges were the Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti arrested?
A) Arson and tax evasion
B) Treason and espionage
C) Counterfeiting currency
D) Armed robbery
  • 29. How did the Galleanists respond to the arrest of Sacco and Vanzetti?
A) By carrying out the Wall Street bombing, which killed 38 people
B) By negotiating a pardon with the governor of Massachusetts
C) By launching a peaceful petition drive signed by millions
D) By raising money to hire the best corporate defense lawyers
  • 30. What publication did the Galleanists begin in 1922 to encourage breaking Sacco and Vanzetti out of prison?
A) Cronaca Sovversiva
B) L'Adunata dei refrattari
C) Man!
D) L'Emancipazione
  • 31. What did L'Adunata dei refrattari encourage its readers to do regarding Sacco and Vanzetti?
A) Organize a nationwide general strike in the manufacturing sector
B) Break the pair out of prison and carry out retributive violence against responsible state officials
C) Raise funds to pay off the judges overseeing the trial
D) Write letters of appeal to international human rights courts
  • 32. How did political repression primarily affect the insurrectionary anarchist movement?
A) It led them to form a legal lobbying group in Washington
B) It drove the movement underground to operate on a conspiratorial basis
C) It forced them to merge with mainstream political parties
D) It caused them to abandon anarchist theory entirely and embrace capitalism
  • 33. Where did Marcus Graham move during the late 1920s to become involved with insurrectionary anarchists?
A) New York City
B) Chicago
C) Boston
D) San Francisco
  • 34. Around which newspaper did Marcus Graham become involved in San Francisco?
A) L'Emancipazione
B) Fifth Estate
C) Cronaca Sovversiva
D) L'Adunata dei refrattari
  • 35. Why did the newspaper L'Emancipazione shift to publications in the English language during the late 1920s?
A) Because the Great Depression limited their capacity
B) Because Italian immigrants had all returned to Europe
C) Because the government banned the use of foreign languages
D) Because Marcus Graham did not know how to read Italian
  • 36. In January 1933, what newspaper was established to revive the Galleanism of the previous decade?
A) Cronaca Sovversiva
B) L'Adunata dei refrattari
C) L'Emancipazione
D) Man!
  • 37. According to Marcus Graham and his collaborators in Man!, how was the social revolution to be built?
A) Through winning a majority in parliamentary elections
B) On individuals achieving enlightenment that would break them from law, custom, and sham creeds
C) Through the creation of state-run cooperative enterprises
D) By building massive industrial trade unions that could seize factories
  • 38. How did the newspaper Man! view syndicalism and the labour movement?
A) As the primary engine of human liberation and equality
B) As a useful partner for achieving state-sponsored welfare reform
C) As inherently authoritarian, frequently criticising union officials for corruption
D) As an outdated concept that needed to be modernized with new technology
  • 39. What early precursor to anarcho-primitivism was formulated by Marcus Graham in Man!?
A) A proposal to replace currency with digital cryptocurrencies
B) An argument in favor of industrial automation and factory work
C) A demand for the return of feudal land ownership structures
D) A criticism of technology and a call for the destruction of civilisation
  • 40. Which two periodicals acted as the main expressions of insurrectionary anarchism throughout the 1930s?
A) Man! and L'Adunata dei refrattari
B) Fifth Estate and Cronaca Sovversiva
C) L'Emancipazione and Fifth Estate
D) Cronaca Sovversiva and L'Emancipazione
  • 41. What happened to the newspaper Man! in 1939?
A) It was bought out by a wealthy industrialist and turned into a commercial magazine
B) It merged with a major labor union publication to increase its readership
C) It voluntarily shut down after achieving all of its revolutionary goals
D) It ceased publication following Marcus Graham's arrest due to increasing police repression
  • 42. By the 1940s, what was the status of the insurrectionary anarchist movement?
A) It had completely vanished with no surviving groups anywhere
B) It had transformed into a peaceful educational foundation
C) It had grown into the dominant political force in North America
D) It was only a marginal force concentrated around L'Adunata dei refrattari in New York
  • 43. Which publication finally succeeded L'Adunata dei refrattari in the early 1970s?
A) L'Emancipazione
B) Man!
C) Fifth Estate
D) Cronaca Sovversiva
  • 44. What type of publication was Fifth Estate, which succeeded L'Adunata dei refrattari?
A) An anti-authoritarian publication
B) A mainstream capitalist daily newspaper
C) A religious missionary bulletin
D) A government-backed agricultural journal
  • 45. What did insurrectionary anarchists refuse to do with 'class enemies'?
A) Engage in polite conversation
B) Read their books or newspapers
C) Share meals or living spaces
D) Negotiate or compromise
  • 46. What form of action did insurrectionary anarchists emphasize in contrast to reformism?
A) Writing petitions to the monarch or president
B) Violent and illegal forms of self-organised direct action
C) Founding cooperative grocery stores and credit unions
D) Peaceful lobbying and voting in general elections
  • 47. Who was Francesco Saverio Merlino in relation to the insurrectionary movement?
A) A pro-organisationalist who considered insurrectionists to be a tendency of individualist anarchism
B) An industrialist who received letter bombs from the Galleanists
C) The founder of the newspaper Man! in San Francisco
D) A famous Italian king assassinated by insurrectionists in the 1890s
  • 48. What year was Max Stirner's book The Ego and Its Own published?
A) 1845
B) 1870
C) 1890
D) 1912
  • 49. What specific activity did Luigi Galleani's newspaper Cronaca Sovversiva promote?
A) Marxist-Leninist state socialism
B) American constitutional federalism
C) Social democratic welfare policies
D) Insurrectionary anarchism
  • 50. What network carried out propaganda of the deed throughout North America following Galleani's teachings?
A) A network of Galleanist cells usually consisting of close-knit individuals
B) A charitable organization funded by wealthy philanthropists
C) A massive bureaucratic trade union with thousands of dues-paying members
D) An open political party running candidates for local government
  • 51. Who published the book Armed Joy in 1977?
A) Romano Prodi
B) Costantino Cavalleri
C) Alfredo Bonanno
D) Wolfi Landstreicher
  • 52. What did the book Armed Joy espouse a critique of?
A) Globalisation
B) Work
C) Capitalism
D) Technology
  • 53. What was the status of Bonanno's proposed Anti-Authoritarian Insurrectionist International?
A) Globally recognized
B) Temporarily active
C) Stillborn
D) Highly successful
  • 54. When did the attacks by insurrectionary anarchists escalate into bombings and assaults?
A) Late 2000s
B) Early 1970s
C) Late 1990s
D) Early 1980s
  • 55. When did four insurrectionist groups merge into the Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)?
A) December 2003
B) December 2012
C) December 1977
D) December 1990
  • 56. Who was the European President targeted by FAI letter bombs upon their formation?
A) Romano Prodi
B) Wolfi Landstreicher
C) Alfredo Cospito
D) Alfredo Bonanno
  • 57. What company's executive was kneecapped by a cell of the FAI in 2012?
A) Ansaldo Nucleare
B) Enel
C) Fiat
D) Telecom Italia
  • 58. Which arrested attacker was among those caught in the wave of arrests following the 2012 kneecapping?
A) Alfredo Cospito
B) Costantino Cavalleri
C) Wolfi Landstreicher
D) Romano Prodi
  • 59. What state did the FAI briefly enter following the wave of arrests in 2012?
A) International merger
B) Operational stasis
C) Total dissolution
D) Absolute surrender
  • 60. How many violent attacks did the FAI claim over a decade of active operations?
A) 20
B) 100
C) 50
D) 10
  • 61. How many deaths were caused by the FAI over their decade of active operations?
A) Fifty
B) Ten
C) Two
D) Zero
  • 62. According to the Italian government, who are insurrectionary anarchists considered second only to in dangerousness?
A) Islamic terrorists
B) Drug cartels
C) Right-wing extremists
D) Red Brigades
  • 63. What did the FAI and the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire launch together?
A) Anti-Authoritarian Insurrectionist International
B) Global Anarchist Front
C) Black International
D) Red International
  • 64. Which nationalist took up parts of Bonanno's insurrectionary programme?
A) Romano Prodi
B) Costantino Cavalleri
C) Wolfi Landstreicher
D) Alfredo Cospito
  • 65. What is Costantino Cavalleri's nationality or regional affiliation?
A) Sardinian
B) Italian
C) American
D) Greek
  • 66. Which American individualist took up parts of Bonanno's insurrectionary programme?
A) Romano Prodi
B) Wolfi Landstreicher
C) Alfredo Bonanno
D) Costantino Cavalleri
  • 67. What did insurrectionary anarchists ultimately fail to develop for the Occupy movement?
A) A long-term strategy
B) A media relations team
C) A financial backing system
D) A legal defense fund
  • 68. Which principle is generally upheld by insurrectionary anarchism?
A) State centralism
B) Representative democracy
C) Anti-authoritarianism
D) Pro-nationalism
  • 69. Which economic system does insurrectionary anarchism oppose?
A) Worker cooperatives
B) Capitalism
C) Gift economies
D) Mutual aid
  • 70. What religious or clerical stance does insurrectionary anarchism hold?
A) Pro-clericalism
B) State religion support
C) Anti-clericalism
D) Theocratic alignment
  • 71. Which form of imperialism is rejected by insurrectionary anarchism?
A) All imperialism
B) Foreign military alliances
C) Only economic imperialism
D) Only cultural imperialism
  • 72. What is the stance of insurrectionary anarchism regarding militarism?
A) Support for conscription
B) Advocacy for standing armies
C) National defense funding
D) Anti-militarism
  • 73. With which environmental movement has insurrectionary anarchism historically combined?
A) Green capitalism
B) Radical environmentalism
C) Eco-taxation
D) Conservation reform
  • 74. Which struggle has been historically combined with insurrectionary anarchism?
A) National liberation struggles
B) Colonial expansion
C) State consolidation
D) Imperial conquest
  • 75. How many basic types of direct action do insurrectionary anarchists generally undertake?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) Five
  • 76. What do insurrectionary anarchists consider participating in action to be a source of?
A) Regret
B) Sorrow
C) Boredom
D) Joy
  • 77. What decision-making process do insurrectionist groups utilise?
A) Consensus decision-making
B) Majority voting
C) Executive decree
D) Parliamentary procedure
  • 78. To what model has the insurrectionist organisational model been compared?
A) Democratic centralism
B) Leaderless resistance
C) Vanguard partyism
D) Representative syndicalism
  • 79. What degree of pluralism does the leaderless resistance model foster?
A) Religious fundamentalism
B) Economic nationalism
C) Ideological pluralism
D) Political conformity
  • 80. What is hampered by the compartmentalised structure of informal organisations?
A) Personal joy
B) Property destruction
C) Emotional release
D) Information sharing
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