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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Collectivists in The Fountainhead don't understand what quality?
(a) Reality.
(b) Intensity.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Excitement.

7. In The Fountainhead, the root of everything despicable is the absence of what quality?
(a) Self.
(b) Anger.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Emotion.

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

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

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

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

12. What does the man in Anthem realize he owes?
(a) His money.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His dedication.
(d) His life.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter Keating seek?

2. What is the name of the project Howard blows up?

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

4. Howard's foe thinks that he can beat men down with which emotion?

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

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