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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, We the Living.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The chief intellectual, according to Rand, is which type of person?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Teacher.

2. Which adjective does Rand use to describe America's culture?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Eager.
(c) Unique.
(d) Miserable.

3. Freedom and philosophy first arose in which setting, according to Rand?
(a) Ancient Rome.
(b) Ancient Greece.
(c) Soviet Russia.
(d) Renaissance Europe.

4. Rand says that new intellectuals must acquire which of the following?
(a) Altruism.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Weapons.

5. Who does Rand describe as altruism's most perfect advocate?
(a) Marx.
(b) Kant.
(c) Readen.
(d) Bentham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who delivers a speech in We The Living?

2. The goal of this book is to do which of the following, according to Rand?

3. Andrei viewed citizens in what way?

4. What does Jeremy Bentham champion?

5. The injunction not to judge shows the climax of which of the following, according to Rand?

(see the answer key)

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