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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, For the New Intellectual.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rand suggests that a nation's bodyguards are which type of people?
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) The military.
(c) Those who are physically strongest.
(d) Government officials.

2. What country does Rand believe is deluding itself?
(a) United States of America.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

3. Rand states that collectivism is dead in which country?
(a) Japan.
(b) Greece.
(c) France.
(d) USA.

4. Rand suggests that a culture should be judged by which of the following?
(a) Its least intelligent people.
(b) Its dominant philosophy.
(c) Its most intelligent people.
(d) Its number of high-profile careers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rand state that capitalism is incompatible with?

2. In which period did capitalism arise?

3. What does Attila need protection from?

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

5. Freedom and philosophy first arose in which setting, according to Rand?

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