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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fathers and Children: Turgenev and the Liberal Predicament.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mistake did Tsar Nicholas I make about European universities?
(a) He believed that German universities would not instill any revolutionary ideas in Russian students.
(b) He believed that English universities were the best, but he also believed that they were too expensive.
(c) He believed that German universities would give Russian students a good foundation in Slavic culture.
(d) He believed that German universities were safer than French universities.

2. How did the government react to Turgenev's death?
(a) The government made sure that Turgenev was buried without fanfare.
(b) The government to drastic precautions over Turgenev's funeral.
(c) The government gave Turgenev a hero's farewell.
(d) The government attacked mourners at Turgenev's funeral.

3. Where was Belinsky born?
(a) Finland.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Minsk.

4. What events proved the limitation Tolstoy described?
(a) The industrial development of Russia.
(b) The Tsar's reforms.
(c) The Napoleonic battles.
(d) The development of Christianity.

5. How was Turgenev's novels seen by the Russian government?
(a) Turgenev's novels represented the ideal Russian society.
(b) Turgenev's novels were banned as subversive.
(c) Turgenev's novels were not safe.
(d) Turgenev's novels were charming and harmless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the intellectual's role in the Populists' view?

2. How did the Tsar's political stance change after the Decembrist rebellion?

3. What was Tolstoy's relationship with Joseph de Maistre?

4. What qualities did the most important leader of the Russian Populists have that made him successful?

5. What view of Turgenev does Berlin say is misleading?

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