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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hedgehog and the Fox.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What measures did the Tsar take to assert his values?
(a) He gave serfs and women the right to vote.
(b) He repressed all signs of dissent and unorthodoxy.
(c) He declared martial law.
(d) He imprisoned his former supporters.

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

4. Where did de Maistre express his views?
(a) In books and letters.
(b) In the Tsar's court.
(c) In the streets of Moscow.
(d) In the church.

5. When had the European states experienced revolution?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1825.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1809.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Tsar following the Decembrist rebellion?

2. What limitations did Tolstoy see as hindering human beings, according to Berlin?

3. What was the name of the committee in charge of government censorship?

4. Who was exiled to Siberia because of the trial of a group of conspirators?

5. How did the epoch that followed the Tsar's acts in the wake of the Decembrist Rebellions end?

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