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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tolstoy and Enlightenment.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Tolstoy believe was the only way to access truth and reason?
(a) Historical awareness.
(b) Spiritual transcendence.
(c) Human experience.
(d) Transcendental experience.

3. How did Herzen manifest the values he shared with his circle?
(a) Herzen moved to Europe to write.
(b) Herzen drank and gambled, and dabbled in tales that described his exploits.
(c) Herzen founded a revolutionary syndicate.
(d) Herzen wrote anti-Tsarist propaganda.

4. How did the Tsar's political stance change after the Decembrist rebellion?
(a) He abandoned tradition.
(b) He stepped down.
(c) He moved away from reform.
(d) He adopted a series of reforms.

5. How did Herzen and Bakunin express the value they shared?
(a) In censoring anti-religious writing.
(b) In proselytizing for the church.
(c) In their writing and activism.
(d) In conspiring against the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term of contempt did Tolstoy use for writing he disliked?

2. What was the result of Russia's "moral quarantine"?

3. When did Vissarion Belinsky die?

4. How does Berlin describe Bakunin?

5. What did the Tsar see himself defending the country against?

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