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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Herzen and Bakunin on Individual Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When had the European states experienced revolution?
(a) 1825.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1809.

2. What does Berlin mean when he says that Tolstoy was a fox who believed in being a hedgehog?
(a) He presented life in detail, with each detail providing evidence of an overarching universal plan.
(b) He subscribed to an abstract vision of life, but tried to present life in detail.
(c) He described the moral plan of the universe in symbolic language.
(d) He presented life in detail, but developed an overarching moral vision.

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

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

5. What were de Maistre's views?
(a) He satirized Enlightenment notions of progress.
(b) He developed Enlightenment notions of progress.
(c) He advanced Enlightenment notions of progress.
(d) He attacked Enlightenment notions of progress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had been the outcome of the European states' revolution?

2. How does Berlin characterize Bakunin's ideas?

3. What did the Tsar see himself as defending for his country?

4. What part of Tolstoy's legacy do critics praise?

5. What measures did the Tsar take to assert his values?

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