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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Remarkable Decade: The Birth of the Russian Intelligentsia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What popular idea did Herzen disagree with?
(a) Herzen disagreed with the notion of a pattern in historical events.
(b) Herzen disagreed with the notion that peasants deserve representation in government.
(c) Herzen disagreed with the notion of state power as a justification for violence.
(d) Herzen disagreed with the notion of individual freedom.

2. What forces dominated Herzen's world?
(a) English humanism.
(b) French and German romanticism.
(c) American pragmatism.
(d) Roman republicanism.

3. What mistake did Tsar Nicholas I make about European universities?
(a) He believed that German universities would not instill any revolutionary ideas in Russian students.
(b) He believed that English universities were the best, but he also believed that they were too expensive.
(c) He believed that German universities were safer than French universities.
(d) He believed that German universities would give Russian students a good foundation in Slavic culture.

4. What did the Russian Intelligentsia invent?
(a) A type of social criticism.
(b) Communes.
(c) A code for illicit communications.
(d) Personal-philosophical essays.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Berlin say was the "French" attitude toward the arts?

2. Who was exiled to Siberia because of the trial of a group of conspirators?

3. Who was Joseph de Maistre?

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

5. What effect did German Romanticism have on Russian students?

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