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How to stand up to a dictator

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This Taylor Swift song is became Maria Ressa's metaphor when she was arrested by the police in 2019.

a)

Lover

b)

The Man

c)

Death by a Thousand Cuts

d)

Getaway Car

2.

Which government institution revoked Rappler's license to operate?

a)

BIR

b)

NBI

c)

OP

d)

SEC

3.

What does Maria Ressa mean when she said, "I will not become a monster to fight a monster"?

a)

Accept the noise made by the online attackers.

b)

Fracture the lines of society.

c)

Cut through the noise made by online attackers.

d)

Choose nothing.

4.

Who is this Cambridge Analytica whistleblower that said this, "Colonialism never died, it just moved online"?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Maria Ressa

c)

Christopher Wylie

d)

Frances Haugen

5.

What is the title of Taylor Swift's song that became Maria Ressa's metaphor when she was arrested by the police in 2019?

a)

Lover

b)

The Man

c)

Death by a Thousand Cuts

d)

Getaway Car

6.

Who is the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower that said, "Colonialism never died, it just moved online"?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Maria Ressa

c)

Christopher Wylie

d)

Frances Haugen

7.

Which government institution revoked Rappler's license to operate?

a)

BIR

b)

NBI

c)

OP

d)

SEC

8.

To what disease did Ressa compare our nation's fight for democracy?

a)

COVID-19

b)

cancer

c)

eczema

9.

What year did Ressa publish her article that was accused of cyberlibel in 2019?

a)

2011

b)

2012

c)

2013

d)

2014

10.

Which eigenvectors amplified the Facebook conversations about Karapatan activists killed during Duterte administration?

a)

Karapatan

b)

Anti-Duterte communities

c)

Pro-Duterte/Marcos clusters

d)

NTF-ELCAC

11.

This person's quote, "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others," was used against Maria Ressa.

a)

Mark Zuckerberg

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Malala

12.

There was no need for Duterte to declare Martial Law. What did it for him?

a)

COVID-19 pandemic

b)

ABS CBN shutdown

c)

Maria Ressa's arrest

d)

Marcos's rise to power

13.

If Maria Ressa did not fight for her right and the freedom of the press, how many years will she be jailed?

a)

30

b)

50

c)

80

d)

100+

14.

Cambridge Analytica used the _____ as a petri dish for its illegal breach of online data privacy.

a)

South Africa

b)

Philippines

c)

India

d)

Mexico

15.

What are we really selling to the social media companies according to Shoshana Zuboff?

a)

our posts

b)

our photos

c)

our relationships

d)

our daily life

16.

Aside from fact-checking, amplify communities, build disinformation research groups, what else should be done?

a)

Continue fighting

b)

Demand rule of law and accountability

c)

Design research groups

d)

Strengthen the algorithm

17.

For Ressa, what's going to get worse before it gets better?

a)

Forgetting

b)

Spread of self-declared fascists

c)

White nationalism

d)

Rise of the Marcoses

18.

To stand up to a dictator what should you do EXCEPT:

a)

us versus them thinking

b)

empathy and moving away from emotions

c)

honesty

d)

embracing fear and believing in the good

19.

How to restore the rule of law in the virtual world according to Ressa?

a)

collaborate

b)

connive

c)

cooperate

d)

criticize

20.

How did she end her memoir?

a)

By voicing hope and trust in the future generation

b)

By showing what will happen if we don't do anything

c)

By doing nothing

d)

By cooperating with the government