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

2. What adjective does Rand use to describe the USA's founding fathers?
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) Thinkers.
(c) Bodyguards.
(d) Politicians.

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

4. The goal of this book is to do which of the following, according to Rand?
(a) Remind readers of a past warning.
(b) Share a fictional story for pleasure.
(c) Alarm Americans.
(d) Present new information.

5. What did Kant allegedly close philosophy to?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Logic.
(c) Reason.
(d) Morality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rand describe as being man's only tool of knowledge?

2. What kind of revolution is needed, according to Rand?

3. What country does Rand believe is deluding itself?

4. Rand states that the only tools of cognition are not which of the following?

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

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