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2. At what price did nobles sell their land to peasants?

  • 20% below market price
  • up to 90% above market price
  • what it was worth
  • 50% above market price

3. What effect did the Emancipation have on domestic serfs?

  • They were liberated and no longer tied to the Mir
  • They were liberated and did not have to pay obrok
  • They were not allowed their own cottage and land
  • They were emancipated like farmer serfs, with the same restrictions

4. What were redemption payments?

  • Payment from peasants to nobles at 6% interest
  • Payment from nobles to peasants at 8% interest
  • Payment from peasants to the government at 10% interest
  • Payment from the government to nobles at 4% interest

5. Who said the Emancipation was "the single greatest liberating measure in the whole history of Europe"?

  • E Acton
  • M S Anderson
  • E H Carr

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