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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Berlin characterize Bakunin's ideas?
(a) Unique and popular.
(b) Innovative but ineffectual.
(c) Revolutionary and dangerous.
(d) Earnest but unoriginal.

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

3. How did Herzen see history?
(a) Herzen saw history as the narrative imposed after events.
(b) Herzen saw history as a mechanistic development.
(c) Herzen saw history as a movement of spiritual forces.
(d) Herzen saw history as the mind of God thinking.

4. What advantages did Hegel's theories have for Bakunin?
(a) Hegel's contradictions let Bakunin justify aesthetics and physical labor.
(b) Hegel's contradictions let Bakunin justify both rebellion and obedience.
(c) Hegel's idealism let Bakunin justify his loathing of Russian politics.
(d) Hegel's idealism let Bakunin justify his optimism in Russia's future.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Populists differ from Marxists?

2. What dictum of Schelling's represented the Russian literary scene in the nineteenth century?

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

4. How did Herzen see human society?

5. Whom did Bakunin inspire during his travels?

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