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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Remarkable Decade: Vissarion Belinsky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What social movement did the Russian Intelligentsia contribute to?
(a) A new round of social reforms.
(b) Jingoism.
(c) The Russian Revolution.
(d) Slavophilia.

2. What quality redeemed the characters based on Belinsky?
(a) Intense moral convictions.
(b) Self-defeating clumsiness.
(c) World-weariness.
(d) Simple kindness.

3. What did Herzen predict in "From the Other Shore"?
(a) The decline of Europe.
(b) The Thirty Years War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The triumph of Communism in Russia.

4. Where did Belinsky receive encouragement?
(a) A liberal professor.
(b) A lover.
(c) A German doctor.
(d) An older writer.

5. In what point do Annenkov and Herzen agree about Russian Intelligentsia?
(a) They were both drawn to the romantic prospects of the movement.
(b) They were both disillusioned by the moral bankruptcy of the intelligentsia.
(c) They both experienced a profound camaraderie with the intelligentsia.
(d) They were both repelled by the shallow optimism and naivete of the intelligentsia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Bakunin's relationship with Herzen?

3. How did Herzen see human society?

4. How do Tolstoy and de Maistre's views differ?

5. What value came first for Herzen?

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