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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Turgenev's "negative Hegelianism?"
(a) Turgenev saw evolution as an inverse fulfillment of the Hegelian world-spirit.
(b) Turgenev rejected a world soul, but embraced the critique of materialism.
(c) Turgenev rejected materialism as the basis for political developments.
(d) Turgenev saw Hegel's world spirit in the failure of reform movements in Russia.

2. When did Russian Populism begin to decline?
(a) After the abolition of serfdom in 1861.
(b) After the death of the Tsar in 1881.
(c) After the opening of the Trans-Siberia railroad in 1889.
(d) After the conviction of the Petrachevsky Circle.

3. What was Bakunin's relationship with Herzen?
(a) Herzen was the better intellectual.
(b) Herzen was susceptible to Bakunin's improvident optimism.
(c) Bakunin learned his theories under Herzen's tutelage.
(d) Bakunin was inspired by Herzen's experience.

4. How did Herzen and Bakunin express the value they shared?
(a) In proselytizing for the church.
(b) In censoring anti-religious writing.
(c) In their writing and activism.
(d) In conspiring against the government.

5. What qualities did the most important leader of the Russian Populists have that made him successful?
(a) An eloquent writing and speaking style.
(b) A magnetic almost messianic personality.
(c) A talent for collecting details and making concrete plans.
(d) A brilliant intellect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose failures did the leader of the Populists reject?

2. Which thinker affected Herzen?

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

4. What movement was responsible for bringing politics into literature in mid-nineteenth-century Russian literature?

5. How does Berlin describe Bakunin?

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