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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did de Maistre express his views?
(a) In the Tsar's court.
(b) In the streets of Moscow.
(c) In the church.
(d) In books and letters.

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

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

4. What did Herzen see as the individual's role in history?
(a) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to fulfill his own nature.
(b) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to heal society from the damages done by progress.
(c) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to understand and cooperate with historical forces.
(d) Herzen saw as the individual's role in history as an obligation to manifest the universe's latent desires.

5. How does Berlin describe Herzen's prose style?
(a) Elaborate.
(b) Dazzling.
(c) Leaden.
(d) Meticulous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tolstoy's relationship with Joseph de Maistre?

2. What did Herzen predict in "From the Other Shore"?

3. What were de Maistre's views?

4. How was the period that followed the Tsar's acts known?

5. How does Berlin describe Herzen's importance?

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