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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Remarkable Decade: Alexander Herzen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Berlin describe progressive Romanticism?
(a) Progressive Romantics believed that society was inevitably moving forward.
(b) Progressive Romantics believed that serfs would free themselves through violence.
(c) Progressive Romantics believed that progress was going to come from industry and social reforms.
(d) Progressive Romantics believed that intellectuals were responsible for the soul of the nation.

4. Who was Joseph de Maistre?
(a) An educated courtier.
(b) A poor writer.
(c) A conspirator against the Tsar.
(d) A bureaucrat on the censorship committee.

5. What quality redeemed the characters based on Belinsky?
(a) Intense moral convictions.
(b) Self-defeating clumsiness.
(c) World-weariness.
(d) Simple kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Herzen see history?

2. How widely was Belinsky read?

3. Which thinker affected Herzen?

4. What was Belinsky like in a debate?

5. Where was Herzen educated?

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