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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 limitations did Tolstoy see as hindering human beings, according to Berlin?
(a) They cannot know all the influences that affect a moment.
(b) They cannot know the divine mind.
(c) They remain divine creatures, even though they live earthly experiences.
(d) They can never see life through each other's eyes.

2. How did the Intelligentsia see their role in society?
(a) They saw themselves as a secular priesthood undertaking a sacred mission of enlightenment.
(b) They saw themselves as aesthetes separate from questions of politics.
(c) They saw themselves as nationalists, building a new industrial nation out of the ruins of the feudal system.
(d) They saw themselves as proselytes, spreading a gospel of reason and faith in the arts.

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

4. According to Berlin, what did Tolstoy have the greatest faith in?
(a) History.
(b) Individual experience.
(c) Divine causes.
(d) Nations.

5. How does Berlin describe Herzen's legacy?
(a) He sees Herzen as a momentary celebrity.
(b) He sees Herzen as underestimated.
(c) He sees Herzen as overvalued.
(d) He sees Herzen as a founder of Russian literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which figure was prominent in the founding of the Russian Intelligentsia?

2. What features of European culture were missing in Russia in the 1830s and 40s?

3. What does Berlin say is underestimated in Tolstoy's legacy?

4. What as Alexander Herzen's employment?

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

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