Russian Thinkers Quiz Questions | Quiz: Russia and 1848 to A Remarkable Decade: Vissarion Belinsky

Quiz: Russia and 1848 to A Remarkable Decade: Vissarion Belinsky

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

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Who was Joseph de Maistre?
a) An educated courtier.
b) A conspirator against the Tsar.
c) A poor writer.
d) A bureaucrat on the censorship committee.

2. How does Berlin describe Bakunin's personality?
a) As magnetic.
b) As polarizing.
c) As luminous.
d) As shy and shrinking.

3. Who was exiled to Siberia because of the trial of a group of conspirators?
a) Nikolai Gogol.
b) Alexander Pushkin.
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky.
d) Leo Tolstoy.

4. How did Belinsky make a living?
a) Belinksy was a nobleman who worked only on his writing.
b) Belinsky made a living as a hack writer.
c) Belinsky made a living as a bureaucrat and...
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