Russian Thinkers Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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Russian Thinkers Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Russian Populism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What allowed the leader of the Populists to lead?
(a) He was born in Europe, so he could see Russian culture without bias.
(b) He was born to a parish priest, so he understood poor people's concerns.
(c) He was born to an aristocratic father and a poor mother, so he understood both worlds.
(d) He was born after the period of repression, so he experienced a full spectrum of Russian literature and life.

2. Which of the following describes Russian censorship during the middle of the nineteenth century?
(a) Censors looked for subversive ideas.
(b) Censors told writers what to write.
(c) Censors intimidated writers who wrote subversive material.
(d) Censors persecuted the families of authors.

3. What forces dominated Herzen's world?
(a) French and German romanticism.
(b) Roman republicanism.
(c) American pragmatism.
(d) English humanism.

4. What was the relationship between literature and politics in mid-nineteenth century Russia?
(a) Literature prophesied political developments.
(b) Literature reacted to political events.
(c) Politics followed road maps laid out in literature.
(d) Politics was transposed onto literature.

5. What idea captured the imagination of the Russian intelligentsia?
(a) The idea of racial purity and positive eugenics.
(b) The pragmatic notion that industrial development requires the scientific application of social theories.
(c) The Romantic notion that each human society has an organic unity.
(d) The jingoistic notion that the soul of a people is visible in its arts and industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What model did populists see as the basis for reform?

2. Whom did Bakunin inspire during his travels?

3. How did the Populists differ from Marxists?

4. How did authors fare in the mid-nineteenth-century Russian literary scene?

5. What movement was responsible for bringing politics into literature in mid-nineteenth-century Russian literature?

(see the answer key)

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