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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Herzen and Bakunin on Individual Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of Russia's "moral quarantine"?
(a) Ethnic cleansing of Tartars.
(b) A renaissance in Russian literature.
(c) Intense Slavophilia.
(d) A decrease in censorship.

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

3. How does Berlin describe Herzen's legacy?
(a) He sees Herzen as a momentary celebrity.
(b) He sees Herzen as overvalued.
(c) He sees Herzen as underestimated.
(d) He sees Herzen as a founder of Russian literature.

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

5. How does Berlin characterize Bakunin's ideas?
(a) Unique and popular.
(b) Revolutionary and dangerous.
(c) Earnest but unoriginal.
(d) Innovative but ineffectual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was de Maistre's position?

2. What did the Tsar see himself defending the country against?

3. When did the Decembrist rebellion take place?

4. Where did de Maistre express his views?

5. Which thinker affected Herzen?

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