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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. What does Berlin say Tolstoy felt guilty about?
(a) Being too separate from the lives of the peasants.
(b) Having too much wealth as a landowner.
(c) Not having an overarching vision.
(d) Having too much insight as an artist.

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

3. How was the period that followed the Tsar's acts known?
(a) A period of tolerance.
(b) A period of terror.
(c) A period of prosperity.
(d) A period of repression.

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

5. What had been the outcome of the European states' revolution?
(a) A new era of peace.
(b) Napoleonic wars.
(c) The revolution failed.
(d) The Thirty-Years' War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Berlin mean when he says that Tolstoy was a fox who believed in being a hedgehog?

2. What, according to Berlin, did Tolstoy see as futile?

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

4. What did the Tsar see himself as defending for his country?

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

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