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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Russian Populism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 nationalists, building a new industrial nation out of the ruins of the feudal system.
(c) They saw themselves as aesthetes separate from questions of politics.
(d) They saw themselves as proselytes, spreading a gospel of reason and faith in the arts.

2. Who spread German Romantic philosophy in student circles?
(a) Nikolai Gogol.
(b) Nicholas Stankevich.
(c) Vissarion Belinksy.
(d) Pavel Annenkov.

3. How does Berlin describe Herzen's importance?
(a) Berlin describes him as a moral thinker of the first importance.
(b) Berlin describes him as writer of no lasting importance.
(c) Berlin describes him as censor who had a powerful effect on Russian literature.
(d) Berlin describes him as a theorist whose ideas were popular for a short time.

4. Where did de Maistre express his views?
(a) In books and letters.
(b) In the Tsar's court.
(c) In the church.
(d) In the streets of Moscow.

5. What was Pavel Annekov's role in Russian culture?
(a) Writer and activist.
(b) Essayist and revolutionary.
(c) Serious critic.
(d) Intellectual tourist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Herzen born?

2. What does Berlin say was the "French" attitude toward the arts?

3. How widely was Belinsky read?

4. How does Berlin describe Bakunin's personality?

5. When had the European states experienced revolution?

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