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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which period did capitalism arise?

2. Who delivers a speech in We The Living?

3. Rand suggests that a nation's bodyguards are which type of people?

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

5. Andrei viewed citizens in what way?

(see the answer key)

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