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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tolstoy and Enlightenment.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How widely was Belinsky read?
(a) Belinsky was only known in small circles of Moscow intelligentsia.
(b) Belinsky was read even in the Russian provinces.
(c) Belinsky was only known in small circles of Petersburg intelligentsia.
(d) Belinsky was known primarily in Europe.
2. What did Herzen predict in "From the Other Shore"?
(a) World War I.
(b) The decline of Europe.
(c) The Thirty Years War.
(d) The triumph of Communism in Russia.
3. Where did the term "intelligentsia" come from?
(a) It was coined by the press during the Dreyfus Affair.
(b) It was invented in the mid-1800s.
(c) It had always been a role in Russian society.
(d) The Tsar had used it to demean effete thinkers.
4. How did Herzen apply the philosophy of the philosopher whose work he followed?
(a) Herzen wasted his time on drinking and gambling as a rebellion against a rational society.
(b) Herzen concluded that no one grand theory could solve society's problems.
(c) Herzen applied theories methodically and pragmatically to social problems.
(d) Herzen found beauty in nature, and tried to escape from a corrupt society.
5. How does Berlin describe progressive Romanticism?
(a) Progressive Romantics believed that intellectuals were responsible for the soul of the nation.
(b) Progressive Romantics believed that serfs would free themselves through violence.
(c) Progressive Romantics believed that society was inevitably moving forward.
(d) Progressive Romantics believed that progress was going to come from industry and social reforms.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Berlin describe Bakunin's personality?
2. Who wrote the memoir titled "The Birth of the Russian Intelligentsia"?
3. What qualities did the characters based on Belinsky possess?
4. When did Tolstoy's reputation change?
5. What did the Russian Intelligentsia invent?
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