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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Herzen born?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1825.
(c) 1815.
(d) 1812.

2. Who converted Belinsky to the idealism of Fichte and Schelling?
(a) Stankevich.
(b) Gogol.
(c) Goncharov.
(d) Herzen.

3. How did Tolstoy understand the concept of truth?
(a) Truth was relative.
(b) Truth was rooted in contingent experience.
(c) Truth was defined by the church and government.
(d) Truth was eternal.

4. Who were Herzen's parents?
(a) Herzen's father was a journalist; his mother was a homemaker.
(b) Herzen's father was a musician; his mother was an actress.
(c) Herzen's father was a painter; his mother was a writer.
(d) Herzen's father was a gentleman; his mother was his mistress.

5. When did Vissarion Belinsky die?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1848.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Berlin ultimately characterize Turgenev?

2. When did Tolstoy's reputation change?

3. What balance did Belinsky strike in his career?

4. When did Turgenev die?

5. What sentiment ultimately moved the Populists?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Chernychevsky wary of the state?

2. Describe Belinsky's background and biography.

3. What was Tolstoy's social life like after graduating from university?

4. What does the term "superfluous men" mean in Russian literature?

5. What was Herzen's early activist career like?

6. Why did Turgenev and Botkin despise Chernychevsky?

7. How was Turgenev's work viewed at the end of his life?

8. According to Berlin, why was Turgenev attacked from both left and right?

9. What was Herzen's relationship with his friends?

10. How did Hegel's ideas influence Herzen?

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