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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rand states that collectivism has already taken over which region?
(a) Europe.
(b) Africa.
(c) Asia.
(d) Australia.

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

3. What is Howard's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Painter.
(d) Architect.

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

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

6. Rand says that America is built on which ideal?
(a) Commercialism.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Individualism.
(d) Collectivism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Howard's enemy describes man's weapon as which of the following?

3. What does Peter Keating seek?

4. Howard says that what type of person is always persecuted?

5. The story in Anthem covers the rediscovery of what word?

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