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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. How does Berlin describe Bakunin's personality?
(a) As shy and shrinking.
(b) As polarizing.
(c) As luminous.
(d) As magnetic.

2. What was de Maistre's position?
(a) He was an attache to the Tsar.
(b) He was a landowner in Tolstoy's district.
(c) He was an envoy of the kingdom of Savoy to Russia.
(d) He was the minister in charge of culture in Moscow.

3. What does Berlin say is underestimated in Tolstoy's legacy?
(a) His detailed descriptions.
(b) His moral vision.
(c) His philosophy of history.
(d) His acute social commentary.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Berlin, what did Tolstoy have the greatest faith in?

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

3. How did Herzen and Bakunin express the value they shared?

4. What were de Maistre's views?

5. What as Alexander Herzen's employment?

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