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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Remarkable Decade: The Birth of the Russian Intelligentsia.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Berlin say was the "French" attitude toward the arts?
(a) Artists are the saviors and redeemers of culture.
(b) Moral faults in the artist do not affect the artwork.
(c) Artists are only legitimate if they are bohemian: sloppy and irresponsible.
(d) Artists are prophets whose lives are instructive to the masses.

3. What features of European culture were missing in Russia in the 1830s and 40s?
(a) Artists and bohemians.
(b) Industrial cities.
(c) Organized opposition parties, a middle class.
(d) Inherited aristocracy.

4. What do foxes represent in the adage that "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing"?
(a) Society.
(b) Abstractions.
(c) The concreteness of experience.
(d) Political calculations.

5. How does Berlin describe Herzen's legacy?
(a) He sees Herzen as a momentary celebrity.
(b) He sees Herzen as a founder of Russian literature.
(c) He sees Herzen as overvalued.
(d) He sees Herzen as underestimated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose novels did the Russian Intelligentsia influence?

2. What events proved the limitation Tolstoy described?

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

4. How did censorship system work?

5. Which thinker saw progress in the growth of national cultures?

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