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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the dominant philosophical movement of the second quarter of the nineteenth century in Russia?
2. What effect did German Romanticism have on Russian students?
3. Who was exiled to Siberia because of the trial of a group of conspirators?
4. How does Berlin describe the state of Russian culture in the mid-1800s?
5. How did the Intelligentsia see their role in society?
Short Essay Questions
1. What example does Tolstoy use to explain why human beings cannot know all the actions and causes that affect their experiences?
2. Whose writings had Russian intellectuals and writers primarily been influenced by?
3. Where in Europe were there revolutions in 1848?
4. How did the revolutions of 1848 affect western European intellectuals and Russians differently?
5. What did Russian students learn in German universities?
6. Name some of the thinkers who influenced Herzen's thinking.
7. What did Nicholas Stankevich find attractive in Hegel's theories?
8. Describe the difference between progressive and reactionary Romanticism.
9. What did "intelligentsia" mean in Russia, where the term was coined?
10. Which Russian intellectuals did Pavel Annenkov describe in his memoirs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Research essay: Who inherited the legacy of the thinkers Berlin profiled? How did the Russian Revolution transform the ideas of the 19th-century Russian writers? Where was Hegel in the Russian Revolution?
Essay Topic 2
How did authors resist the pitfalls of political engagement? Choose three authors or critics and describe their strategies for refusing to engage with the political tensions of their day.
Essay Topic 3
Which two or three writers had the greatest effect on Russian society? Define your argument, and use examples from the text.
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