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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Howard's foe thinks that he can beat men down with which emotion?
(a) Fear.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Excitement.

3. Howard sees Peter as which of the following?
(a) Helpless.
(b) Happy.
(c) Amazing.
(d) Intelligent.

4. Howard blows up his project as an act of which of the following?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Anger.
(c) Embarrassment.
(d) Guilt.

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

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

7. Howard realizes he exists for whom or what?
(a) Himself.
(b) His government.
(c) His family.
(d) His society.

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

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

10. Howard's enemy describes man's weapon as which of the following?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Reason.
(c) Seriousness.
(d) Emotion.

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

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

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

14. Collectivism is described by Rand as what kind of monster?
(a) Evil.
(b) Ancient.
(c) New.
(d) Scary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Fountainhead, the root of everything despicable is the absence of what quality?

2. Howard says that creators need to possess which quality?

3. Howard's foe think that a broken man does which of the following?

4. When was Anthem published?

5. Howard views the poor as having what relationship to his work?

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