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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Belinsky born?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Minsk.
(d) Finland.

2. What qualities did the most important leader of the Russian Populists have that made him successful?
(a) A magnetic almost messianic personality.
(b) An eloquent writing and speaking style.
(c) A talent for collecting details and making concrete plans.
(d) A brilliant intellect.

3. How did Herzen manifest the values he shared with his circle?
(a) Herzen drank and gambled, and dabbled in tales that described his exploits.
(b) Herzen founded a revolutionary syndicate.
(c) Herzen wrote anti-Tsarist propaganda.
(d) Herzen moved to Europe to write.

4. How was Herzen seen by the revolutionaries of the 1860s and 1870s?
(a) Herzen was dismissed as a salon-talker.
(b) Herzen was seen as an inspiring revolutionary.
(c) Herzen was seen as a decadent aesthete.
(d) Herzen was portrayed as a father of Russian literature.

5. What interaction did Tolstoy have with the radical Dobrolyubov?
(a) Dobrolyubov published Turgenev's first novel.
(b) Dobrolyubov refused to talk with Turgenev when they met, once.
(c) Turgenev and Dobrolyubov fought a duel.
(d) Dobrolyubov challenged Turgenev to a duel, but Turgenev refused to fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Belinsky expelled from university?

2. What has the consensus been about Leo Tolstoy?

3. What was Tolstoy's opinion about his professors?

4. Who advocated Russian Populism?

5. What was Belinsky like in a debate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tolstoy's theories and values appear in his novels?

2. What did Russian populists experience when they went to the communes in 1874?

3. What was Tolstoy's social life like after graduating from university?

4. Why was Chernychevsky wary of the state?

5. What balances did Belinsky strike in his social status and identity?

6. Describe Belinsky's background and biography.

7. What Western thinkers influenced Populism?

8. What qualities did the characters based on Belinsky have?

9. How are Herzen and Turgenev similar? How are they different?

10. What was Tolstoy's education like?

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