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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Populists do in large scale in 1874?
(a) Declare independence from Russia.
(b) Study social organization in peasant communes.
(c) Publish a manifesto prophesying Communism.
(d) Begin a rebellion in Moscow.

2. What idea captured the imagination of the Russian intelligentsia?
(a) The Romantic notion that each human society has an organic unity.
(b) The idea of racial purity and positive eugenics.
(c) The pragmatic notion that industrial development requires the scientific application of social theories.
(d) The jingoistic notion that the soul of a people is visible in its arts and industry.

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

4. What did Herzen see as the individual's role in history?
(a) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to fulfill his own nature.
(b) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to understand and cooperate with historical forces.
(c) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to manifest the universe's latent desires.
(d) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to heal society from the damages done by progress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose writings were populists influenced by?

2. What forces dominated Herzen's world?

3. How does Berlin describe Herzen's importance?

4. What was the relationship between literature and politics in mid-nineteenth century Russia?

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

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