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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which principles did Belinsky never abandon?
(a) Russian Nationalism.
(b) English Humanism.
(c) French Decadence.
(d) German Romanticism.

2. Where was Belinsky born?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Minsk.
(c) Finland.
(d) Moscow.

3. What archetype was Levin in Anna Karenina an example of?
(a) The successful poet-visionary.
(b) The unspoiled innocent.
(c) The hard-working laborer.
(d) The gentleman farmer.

4. Why was Belinsky expelled from university?
(a) Belinsky was expelled for writing an essay mocking the university president.
(b) Belinsky was expelled for inciting a student riot.
(c) Belinsky was expelled for an affair with a governess.
(d) Belinsky was expelled for writing a play denouncing serfdom.

5. What do foxes represent in the adage that "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing"?
(a) Political calculations.
(b) The concreteness of experience.
(c) Abstractions.
(d) Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Herzen apply the philosophy of the philosopher whose work he followed?

2. What did Populists do in large scale in 1874?

3. Where did the term "intelligentsia" come from?

4. Which two thinkers influenced the Russian populists?

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

(see the answer key)

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