2. What did the Tsar see himself defending the country against?
(a) Anarchist mobs.
(b) Atheism, liberalism and revolution.
(c) Reforms in land ownership and use.
(d) Selfish aristocrats.

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

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

5. How was the period that followed the Tsar's acts known?
(a) A period of terror.
(b) A period of tolerance.
(c) A period of repression.
(d) A period of prosperity.

6. What limitations did Tolstoy see as hindering human beings, according to Berlin?
(a) They cannot know the divine mind.
(b) They cannot know all the influences that affect a moment.
(c) They remain divine creatures, even though they live earthly experiences.
(d) They can never see life through each other's eyes.

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

8. 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 repelled by the shallow optimism and naivete of the intelligentsia.
(c) They were both disillusioned by the moral bankruptcy of the intelligentsia.
(d) They were both drawn to the romantic prospects of the movement.

9. What policy of Peter the Great's had spawned the intelligentsia?
(a) Peter the Great sent the sons of aristocrats to Europe for education.
(b) Peter the Great acted as a patron of the arts and initiated a Renaissance in Russian arts and letters.
(c) Peter the Great instituted land reforms and made education more affordable to Russian peasants.
(d) Peter the Great invested heavily in bringing European intellectuals to Russia.

10. How does Berlin describe Bakunin's personality?
(a) As shy and shrinking.
(b) As polarizing.
(c) As luminous.
(d) As magnetic.

11. What does Berlin mean when he says that Tolstoy was a fox who believed in being a hedgehog?
(a) He described the moral plan of the universe in symbolic language.
(b) He presented life in detail, but developed an overarching moral vision.
(c) He presented life in detail, with each detail providing evidence of an overarching universal plan.
(d) He subscribed to an abstract vision of life, but tried to present life in detail.

12. How does Berlin describe Bakunin?
(a) As a shy aesthete.
(b) As a highly original thinker.
(c) As a revolutionary filled with promise of his convictions.
(d) As a magnetic popularizer of other people's theories.

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

14. Who was the Tsar following the Decembrist rebellion?
(a) Nicholas II.
(b) Herzen.
(c) Nicholas I.
(d) Charles.

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