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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. What is the setting for We The Living?
(a) Soviet Russia.
(b) China.
(c) United States.
(d) Post-war France.

2. The injunction not to judge shows the climax of which of the following, according to Rand?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Altruism.

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

4. Why does Kira have a love affair with somebody she does not like?
(a) To convince the man to appreciate capitalism.
(b) To become free.
(c) To increase freedom for society.
(d) To get money.

5. Who is the man that Kira wants to save?
(a) Andrei.
(b) Howard.
(c) Hank.
(d) Leo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of relationship does Rand describe the archetypes Attila and Witch Doctor as having?

2. What is the Witch Doctor's weapon?

3. Rand suggests that a culture should be judged by which of the following?

4. The chief intellectual, according to Rand, is which type of person?

5. How does Kira feel about using Andrei?

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