Russian Thinkers Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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Russian Thinkers Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Remarkable Decade: Vissarion Belinsky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Belinsky described by the writers he influenced?
(a) Belinsky was described as the aesthete of his generation.
(b) Belinsky was described as the conscience of his generation.
(c) Belinsky was described as Russia's retrograde conservative.
(d) Belinsky was described as Russia's most optimistic Romantic.

2. Who was Mikhail Bakunin's mentor?
(a) Fyodor Dostoevsky.
(b) Nicholas Stankevich.
(c) Vissarion Belinksy.
(d) Pavel Annenkov.

3. How does Berlin describe conservative Romantics?
(a) Conservative Romantics believed that mechanical reforms would not work without a deep understanding of the Russian soul
(b) Conservative Romantics believed that the best progress was a return to traditional Russian values.
(c) Conservative Romantics believed that progress was a trap, and that the only way out would be to develop Russian nationalism.
(d) Conservative Romantics believed that intellectuals could thrive without changing the aristocratic government.

4. In what point do Annenkov and Herzen agree about Russian Intelligentsia?
(a) They were both drawn to the romantic prospects of the movement.
(b) They both experienced a profound camaraderie with the intelligentsia.
(c) They were both disillusioned by the moral bankruptcy of the intelligentsia.
(d) They were both repelled by the shallow optimism and naivete of the intelligentsia.

5. What do foxes represent in the adage that "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing"?
(a) Political calculations.
(b) The concreteness of experience.
(c) Society.
(d) Abstractions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Herzen see history?

2. Who was Joseph de Maistre?

3. What was Bakunin's relationship with Herzen?

4. What was Hegel's appeal to Russian students?

5. How does Berlin describe progressive Romanticism?

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