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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Decembrist rebellion take place?
(a) 1817
(b) 1848.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1825.

2. What does Herzen's last name indicate about his birth?
(a) Herzen means heart in German, and indicates his illegitimacy.
(b) Herzen was a German name, indicating that his parents had immigrated to Russia.
(c) Herzen was a noble name, and indicates his high birth.
(d) Herzen's father was common name for Latvian emigrants to Russia to adopt.

3. 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) Political calculations.
(c) Abstractions.
(d) Society.

4. Who was the Tsar following the Decembrist rebellion?
(a) Herzen.
(b) Nicholas I.
(c) Charles.
(d) Nicholas II.

5. How does Berlin describe Herzen's prose style?
(a) Dazzling.
(b) Meticulous.
(c) Elaborate.
(d) Leaden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Belinsky's father like?

2. Whose novels did the Russian Intelligentsia influence?

3. What policy of Peter the Great's had spawned the intelligentsia?

4. What does Berlin mean when he says that Tolstoy was a fox who believed in being a hedgehog?

5. What European doctrine did Herzen deplore?

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