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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dictum of Schelling's represented the Russian literary scene in the nineteenth century?
(a) Writers capture the times better than sociologists do.
(b) Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
(c) The arts are the last thing to change in a culture.
(d) Idealism lives in literature but grows old and dies in prison.

2. What allowed the leader of the Populists to lead?
(a) He was born to a parish priest, so he understood poor people's concerns.
(b) He was born to an aristocratic father and a poor mother, so he understood both worlds.
(c) He was born after the period of repression, so he experienced a full spectrum of Russian literature and life.
(d) He was born in Europe, so he could see Russian culture without bias.

3. What did Herzen predict in "From the Other Shore"?
(a) World War I.
(b) The decline of Europe.
(c) The Thirty Years War.
(d) The triumph of Communism in Russia.

4. What model did populists see as the basis for reform?
(a) Native-American tribes.
(b) European nation-states.
(c) Aristocratic fiefdoms.
(d) Peasant communes.

5. What was the dominant philosophical movement of the second quarter of the nineteenth century in Russia?
(a) German Romanticism.
(b) American Pragmatism.
(c) American Transcendentalism.
(d) English Humanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Russian word "obshcnina" mean?

2. What was Hegel's appeal to Russian students?

3. Who advocated Russian Populism?

4. How does Berlin describe Herzen's importance?

5. How does Berlin describe Bakunin's personality?

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