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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which thinker affected Herzen?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Plato.
(c) Marx.
(d) Hume.

2. What forces dominated Herzen's world?
(a) French and German romanticism.
(b) English humanism.
(c) American pragmatism.
(d) Roman republicanism.

3. What Populist warning did Lenin's reign fulfill?
(a) Lenin's reign fulfilled the Populist prophecy that a popular movement would kneel before a charismatic dictator.
(b) Lenin's reign fulfilled the Populist prophecy that a revolution of the elite would result in a dictatorship of that elite.
(c) Lenin's reign fulfilled the Populist prophecy that the people would prosper under autocratic rule.
(d) Lenin's reign fulfilled the Populist prophecy that the people would not be happy under any leader who led more than one collective.

4. How does Berlin describe Herzen's prose style?
(a) Meticulous.
(b) Leaden.
(c) Dazzling.
(d) Elaborate.

5. Whose failures did the leader of the Populists reject?
(a) Herzen's.
(b) Dostoevsky's.
(c) Gogol's.
(d) Bakunin's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Berlin describe Bakunin?

2. What allowed the leader of the Populists to lead?

3. What as Alexander Herzen's employment?

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

5. Who was Mikhail Bakunin's mentor?

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