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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. Who said, "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing"?
(a) Solon.
(b) Plotinus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Archilochus.

2. How does Berlin describe Herzen's prose style?
(a) Elaborate.
(b) Dazzling.
(c) Meticulous.
(d) Leaden.

3. What, according to Berlin, did Tolstoy see as futile?
(a) Fulfilling individual experience.
(b) Searching for grand designs in events.
(c) Transcendent experience.
(d) Sharing experience between two people.

4. What was Tolstoy's relationship with Joseph de Maistre?
(a) de Maistre censored Tolstoy.
(b) They shared similar views.
(c) Tolstoy was de Maistre's father-in-law.
(d) They were co-conspirators.

5. What measures did the Tsar take to assert his values?
(a) He declared martial law.
(b) He repressed all signs of dissent and unorthodoxy.
(c) He gave serfs and women the right to vote.
(d) He imprisoned his former supporters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Berlin characterize Bakunin's ideas?

2. What writer supported the Tsar's acts?

3. What was de Maistre's position?

4. What do foxes represent in the adage that "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing"?

5. How did Herzen see human society?

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