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

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

3. What events proved the limitation Tolstoy described?
(a) The Napoleonic battles.
(b) The development of Christianity.
(c) The industrial development of Russia.
(d) The Tsar's reforms.

4. Whom did Bakunin inspire during his travels?
(a) Swiss watchmakers.
(b) The French bourgeoisie.
(c) German revolutionaries.
(d) Italian laborers.

5. What did Herzen predict in "From the Other Shore"?
(a) The Thirty Years War.
(b) The triumph of Communism in Russia.
(c) The decline of Europe.
(d) World War I.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the relationship between literature and politics in mid-nineteenth century Russia?

2. Who spread German Romantic philosophy in student circles?

3. What measures did the Tsar take to assert his values?

4. Which of the following describes Russian censorship during the middle of the nineteenth century?

5. How do Tolstoy and de Maistre's views differ?

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