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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. How does Kira feel about using Andrei?
(a) She is remorseful.
(b) She feels bad at first but then forgets.
(c) She denies feeling remorse, but actually does.
(d) She feels no remorse.

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

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

4. What country does Rand believe is deluding itself?
(a) United States of America.
(b) Spain.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

5. New intellectuals, says Rand, should not give into which of the following?
(a) Despair.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Capitalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Attila need protection from?

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

3. When was We The Living published?

4. Why does Kira have a love affair with somebody she does not like?

5. Rand states that collectivism is dead in which country?

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