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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story in Anthem covers the rediscovery of what word?
(a) You.
(b) I.
(c) We.
(d) Them.

2. In Anthem, Rand imagines a future where what concept is accepted?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Racism.
(c) Collectivism.
(d) Individualism.

3. Howard says that what type of person is always persecuted?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Believers.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Inventors.

4. Rand states that collectivism has already taken over which region?
(a) Europe.
(b) Asia.
(c) Africa.
(d) Australia.

5. What does Peter Keating seek?
(a) Celebrity.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Art.
(d) Greatness.

6. Rand says that America is built on which ideal?
(a) Collectivism.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Individualism.
(d) Commercialism.

7. What struggle is indicated in The Fountainhead?
(a) Socialism vs capitalism.
(b) Savagery vs individualism.
(c) Individualism vs collectivism.
(d) Indivdiualism vs capitalism.

8. What does Anthem concern?
(a) The state's control over men.
(b) Lost love.
(c) The struggle of the individual versus communism.
(d) The human ego.

9. What is true of grammar in the society described in Anthem?
(a) Only plural pronouns remain.
(b) Only plural nouns remain.
(c) Only singular pronouns remain.
(d) Only singular nouns remain.

10. Where was Anthem published?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Canada.

11. Howard says that men should strive to do which of the following?
(a) Achieve.
(b) Teach.
(c) Believe.
(d) Think.

12. What does Howard attack head on?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Individualism.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Guilt.

13. What does the man in Anthem want to achieve?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Savagery.
(c) Riches.
(d) Happiness.

14. Howard's foe think that a broken man does which of the following?
(a) Hides.
(b) Rivals.
(c) Fights.
(d) Obeys.

15. When was The Fountainhead published?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1949.

Short Answer Questions

1. Collectivists in The Fountainhead don't understand what quality?

2. Howard realizes he exists for whom or what?

3. What does the man in Anthem realize he owes?

4. Howard blows up his project as an act of which of the following?

5. Collectivism is described by Rand as what kind of monster?

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