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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. How did authors fare in the mid-nineteenth-century Russian literary scene?
(a) They were free to publish political commentary and opinions without persecution.
(b) They had difficulty getting their work into print, because the censors were so strict.
(c) They published in underground magazines and pamphlets.
(d) They could publish their work, but sometimes had to be vague about their political meanings.

2. How does Berlin describe Herzen's prose style?
(a) Dazzling.
(b) Leaden.
(c) Elaborate.
(d) Meticulous.

3. Whose philosophy did Herzen follow?
(a) Hegel's.
(b) Rousseau's.
(c) Marx'.
(d) Plato's.

4. What does Berlin say is underestimated in Tolstoy's legacy?
(a) His philosophy of history.
(b) His detailed descriptions.
(c) His moral vision.
(d) His acute social commentary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Belinsky find in literature?

2. Who were Herzen's parents?

3. What conspiracy against the Tsar did the censorship program discover?

4. Where did de Maistre express his views?

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

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