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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Andrei passionate about?

2. Rand states that the only tools of cognition are not which of the following?

3. The goal of this book is to do which of the following, according to Rand?

4. What does Rand believe capitalism wiped out?

5. What conflict is apparent in We The Living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What struggle is portrayed in The Fountainhead?

2. What kind of symbolism exists in Chapter 2?

3. How does Rand describe capitalism?

4. How are all the stories in For the New Intellectual connected?

5. Why is the title Anthem significant?

6. What revolution does Rand call for?

7. Compare Hank and Francisco.

8. How does Howard view altruism?

9. Describe the conflict in Chapter 2, We the Living.

10. How does Rand describe the United States of America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does money play in each story? Does Rand defend money?

Essay Topic 2

Do you consider Howard to be a loyal person? If he is loyal, who does he prove his loyalty to at the end of The Fountainhead?

Essay Topic 3

Is Rand's book, For the New Intellectual, propaganda? Why or why not?

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