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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hedgehog and the Fox.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Tolstoy and de Maistre's views differ?
(a) Tolstoy was a humanist.
(b) de Maistre was a conspirator against the Tsar.
(c) de Maistre was a Catholic reactionary.
(d) Tolstoy was an aristocrat.

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

3. Who was the Tsar following the Decembrist rebellion?
(a) Nicholas II.
(b) Herzen.
(c) Charles.
(d) Nicholas I.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Berlin say Tolstoy felt guilty about?

2. How did the Tsar's political stance change after the Decembrist rebellion?

3. When had the European states experienced revolution?

4. What were de Maistre's views?

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

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