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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing"?
(a) Plotinus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Archilochus.
(d) Solon.

2. Who was Mikhail Bakunin's mentor?
(a) Fyodor Dostoevsky.
(b) Nicholas Stankevich.
(c) Vissarion Belinksy.
(d) Pavel Annenkov.

3. How did authors fare in the mid-nineteenth-century Russian literary scene?
(a) They were free to publish political commentary and opinions without persecution.
(b) They had difficulty getting their work into print, because the censors were so strict.
(c) They could publish their work, but sometimes had to be vague about their political meanings.
(d) They published in underground magazines and pamphlets.

4. What was Tolstoy's relationship with Joseph de Maistre?
(a) They shared similar views.
(b) Tolstoy was de Maistre's father-in-law.
(c) They were co-conspirators.
(d) de Maistre censored Tolstoy.

5. How did Herzen see human society?
(a) Herzen saw human society as the sum total of each individual's experiences.
(b) Herzen saw human society as a spiritual reality in itself.
(c) Herzen saw human society as a number of connected--or disconnected--individuals.
(d) Herzen saw human society as the victim of industrial expansion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Herzen see as the individual's role in history?

2. Which of the following describes Russian censorship during the middle of the nineteenth century?

3. How does Berlin describe Herzen's legacy?

4. How does Berlin describe Herzen's prose style?

5. What did Herzen predict in "From the Other Shore"?

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