View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What limitations did Tolstoy see as hindering human beings, according to Berlin?
(a) They can never see life through each other's eyes.
(b) They cannot know the divine mind.
(c) They cannot know all the influences that affect a moment.
(d) They remain divine creatures, even though they live earthly experiences.

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

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

4. When did the Decembrist rebellion take place?
(a) 1817
(b) 1809.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1848.

5. How did Herzen see history?
(a) Herzen saw history as a movement of spiritual forces.
(b) Herzen saw history as a mechanistic development.
(c) Herzen saw history as the mind of God thinking.
(d) Herzen saw history as the narrative imposed after events.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the writer who supported the Tsar present the Tsar's acts?

2. What does Berlin say is underestimated in Tolstoy's legacy?

3. What writer supported the Tsar's acts?

4. What insight did Herzen value in the thinkers who influenced him?

5. How does Berlin describe Herzen's importance?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 325 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample