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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Remarkable Decade: German Romanticism in Petersburg and Moscow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what point do Annenkov and Herzen agree about Russian Intelligentsia?
(a) They both experienced a profound camaraderie with the intelligentsia.
(b) They were both drawn to the romantic prospects of the movement.
(c) They were both disillusioned by the moral bankruptcy of the intelligentsia.
(d) They were both repelled by the shallow optimism and naivete of the intelligentsia.

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

3. What student of Stankevich's lectured on Western medieval history in Moscow?
(a) Turgenev.
(b) Herzen.
(c) Granovsky.
(d) Bakunin.

4. What advantages did Hegel's theories have for Bakunin?
(a) Hegel's contradictions let Bakunin justify aesthetics and physical labor.
(b) Hegel's contradictions let Bakunin justify both rebellion and obedience.
(c) Hegel's idealism let Bakunin justify his optimism in Russia's future.
(d) Hegel's idealism let Bakunin justify his loathing of Russian politics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Russian intelligentsia emerge from university?

2. What was Pavel Annekov's role in Russian culture?

3. What had been the outcome of the European states' revolution?

4. What was the dominant philosophical movement of the second quarter of the nineteenth century in Russia?

5. What was Bakunin's relationship with Herzen?

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