1. According to Berlin, why is there not a good biography of Alexander Herzen?
(a) Because Herzen's papers were all lost in a fire.
(b) Because Herzen's biographers were censored by the government.
(c) Because Herzen destroyed all of his papers.
(d) Because Herzen's autobiography is so remarkable.

2. What popular idea did Herzen disagree with?
(a) Herzen disagreed with the notion of a pattern in historical events.
(b) Herzen disagreed with the notion that peasants deserve representation in government.
(c) Herzen disagreed with the notion of state power as a justification for violence.
(d) Herzen disagreed with the notion of individual freedom.

3. How does Berlin describe Belinsky's legacy?
(a) Berlin describes Belinsky as an aesthete whose decadence was in fashion for a few years.
(b) Berlin describes Belinsky as the decadent gadfly of his generation.
(c) Berlin describes Belinsky as a revolutionary whose martyrdom inspired future revolutionaries.
(d) Berlin describes Belinsky as the father of social criticism.

4. What effect did German Romanticism have on Russian students?
(a) It made them resentful of the social distinctions they inherited with their culture.
(b) It made them hungry for violent rebellion and abrupt social change.
(c) It demanded a commitment to social and national causes.
(d) It made them dissolute and morally bankrupt.

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