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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 had been the outcome of the European states' revolution?
2. How did the Intelligentsia see their role in society?
3. What is the stereotype of the Russian intellectual?
4. What limitations did Tolstoy see as hindering human beings, according to Berlin?
5. How does Berlin describe progressive Romanticism?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Joseph de Maistre and what ideas did Tolstoy share with him?
2. What was the effect of the "moral quarantine" of Western ideas in Russia?
3. Describe the difference between progressive and reactionary Romanticism.
4. What was the heart of the Romantic notion that held the Russian intelligentsia in Germany's influence?
5. What problems did Herzen have with Hegelian philosophy?
6. How did the revolutions of 1848 affect western European intellectuals and Russians differently?
7. What example does Tolstoy use to explain why human beings cannot know all the actions and causes that affect their experiences?
8. What influence did censors have on Russian intellectuals and literature?
9. Which Russian intellectuals did Pavel Annenkov describe in his memoirs?
10. Name some of the thinkers who influenced Herzen's thinking.
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
What cultural institutions or customs were Russian writers trying to defend when they were resisting European ideas of progress and Enlightenment? How did authors define the unique "Russian soul?"
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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