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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Russian Populism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Berlin say is underestimated in Tolstoy's legacy?
(a) His philosophy of history.
(b) His moral vision.
(c) His acute social commentary.
(d) His detailed descriptions.

2. What did Herzen see as the individual's role in history?
(a) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to manifest the universe's latent desires.
(b) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to fulfill his own nature.
(c) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to heal society from the damages done by progress.
(d) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to understand and cooperate with historical forces.

3. What did Belinsky find in literature?
(a) Evidence of a national race-life.
(b) Evidence of European superiority.
(c) Vicarious experiences.
(d) Spiritual and emotional "ideas."

4. What advantages did Hegel's theories have for Bakunin?
(a) Hegel's contradictions let Bakunin justify aesthetics and physical labor.
(b) Hegel's contradictions let Bakunin justify both rebellion and obedience.
(c) Hegel's idealism let Bakunin justify his loathing of Russian politics.
(d) Hegel's idealism let Bakunin justify his optimism in Russia's future.

5. Whose failures did the leader of the Populists reject?
(a) Dostoevsky's.
(b) Gogol's.
(c) Bakunin's.
(d) Herzen's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Belinsky expelled from university?

2. According to Berlin, why is there not a good biography of Alexander Herzen?

3. What European doctrine did Herzen deplore?

4. What model did populists see as the basis for reform?

5. How does Berlin describe Bakunin?

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