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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 does Jeremy Bentham champion?

2. Who delivers a speech in We The Living?

3. Rand suggests that a culture should be judged by which of the following?

4. What kind of relationship does Rand describe the archetypes Attila and Witch Doctor as having?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ellsworth's role in the story.

2. Why is the title Anthem significant?

3. What role does Andrei play in making an argument for Rand's claims?

4. Describe Kira's relationships in Chapter 2.

5. What role does Rand describe industrialists as having?

6. What is the purpose of For the New Intellectual?

7. How does Howard view altruism?

8. What is the main goal of the man in Anthem?

9. Why does Francisco say that money is society's virtue?

10. Why is We the Living set in Soviet Russia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rand prove that the United States is a dying society? What evidence does Rand use to support this claim? Is the claim legitimate?

Essay Topic 2

Is For the New Intellectual a piece of realism? Are the stories in the text realistic? What elements of fantasy are present?

Essay Topic 3

Rand defends the concept of self-interest, especially in Atlas Shrugged. How does Rand defend self-interest? What kind of self-interest does she defend, if so? Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

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