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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 states that the only tools of cognition are not which of the following?
(a) Logical thoughts.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Negative feelings.
(d) Emotions.

2. What does Jeremy Bentham champion?
(a) Morality.
(b) Collectivism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Socialism.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rand describe as altruism's most perfect advocate?

2. In which period did capitalism arise?

3. What does Rand describe socialism as a revolt against?

4. New intellectuals, says Rand, should not give into which of the following?

5. What does Rand believe capitalism wiped out?

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