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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) Government officials.
(b) Those who are physically strongest.
(c) The military.
(d) Intellectuals.

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

3. What kind of relationship does Rand describe the archetypes Attila and Witch Doctor as having?
(a) They are enemies.
(b) They are not affiliated.
(c) They are allies.
(d) They are linked romantically.

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

5. What does Attila need protection from?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Reality.
(c) Intellectualism.
(d) Morality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rand describe as a soldier of liberty?

2. What adjective does Rand use to describe the USA's founding fathers?

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

4. Rand describes perception as which of the following?

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

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