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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. Who spread German Romantic philosophy in student circles?
(a) Nicholas Stankevich.
(b) Pavel Annenkov.
(c) Vissarion Belinksy.
(d) Nikolai Gogol.

2. What was the relationship between literature and politics in mid-nineteenth century Russia?
(a) Politics followed road maps laid out in literature.
(b) Literature prophesied political developments.
(c) Literature reacted to political events.
(d) Politics was transposed onto literature.

3. What movement was responsible for bringing politics into literature in mid-nineteenth-century Russian literature?
(a) Industrialization.
(b) Romantic philosophy.
(c) Land reform.
(d) Urbanization.

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

5. What does Berlin say Tolstoy felt guilty about?
(a) Not having an overarching vision.
(b) Being too separate from the lives of the peasants.
(c) Having too much insight as an artist.
(d) Having too much wealth as a landowner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Belinsky described by the writers he influenced?

2. Who was Mikhail Bakunin's mentor?

3. How does Berlin describe progressive Romanticism?

4. What was Hegel's appeal to Russian students?

5. How widely was Belinsky read?

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