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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following describes Russian censorship during the middle of the nineteenth century?
(a) Censors told writers what to write.
(b) Censors intimidated writers who wrote subversive material.
(c) Censors persecuted the families of authors.
(d) Censors looked for subversive ideas.

2. What native influence affected the Russian Populists?
(a) Russian agricultural practices.
(b) The gloom of Russian philosophy.
(c) Serfdom.
(d) Russian Orthodox traditions.

3. What value did Herzen and Bakunin share?
(a) Church power.
(b) Spiritual experience.
(c) State power.
(d) Individual liberty.

4. Who advocated Russian Populism?
(a) The Petersburg Literary Coterie.
(b) The Second of April Committee.
(c) A widespread group of radicals.
(d) The Moscow Reform Party.

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 popular movement would kneel before a charismatic dictator.
(d) Lenin's reign fulfilled the Populist prophecy that a revolution of the elite would result in a dictatorship of that elite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sentiment ultimately moved the Populists?

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

3. Which two thinkers influenced the Russian populists?

4. What forces dominated Herzen's world?

5. What was Bakunin's relationship with Herzen?

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