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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the name of Howard's foe?
(a) Hank.
(b) Ellsworth.
(c) Kira.
(d) Andrei.

5. In The Fountainhead, Howard thinks that happiness equals what?
(a) Absence.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Collectivism.
(d) Privacy.

6. In The Fountainhead, the act of collecting which emotion is deemed private?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Harshness.

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

8. What consequence of collectivism does Rand describe?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Savagery.
(d) Altruism.

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

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

11. When was Anthem published?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1929.

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

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

14. Howard views the poor as having what relationship to his work?
(a) They deserve to have his work.
(b) They have no claim to his work.
(c) They deserve to build their own homes.
(d) They have no right to buy his work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Anthem published?

2. What is true of grammar in the society described in Anthem?

3. Rand says that America is built on which ideal?

4. Howard says that men should strive to do which of the following?

5. In Anthem, Rand imagines a future where what concept is accepted?

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