Ayn Rand - Quiz
Ayn Rand
  • 1. When was Ayn Rand born?
A) 1905
B) 1910
C) 1920
D) 1890
  • 2. Which novel by Ayn Rand features the fictional character Howard Roark?
A) We the Living
B) Atlas Shrugged
C) The Fountainhead
D) Anthem
  • 3. In which city did Ayn Rand grow up?
A) Saint Petersburg
B) New York City
C) Moscow
D) Chicago
  • 4. What philosophy did Ayn Rand develop and promote?
A) Objectivism
B) Utilitarianism
C) Existentialism
D) Socialism
  • 5. What is the title of Ayn Rand's first novel?
A) Atlas Shrugged
B) The Fountainhead
C) Anthem
D) We the Living
  • 6. Which term did Ayn Rand use to describe the basic motivating force of human action?
A) Self-interest
B) Selflessness
C) Altruism
D) Empathy
  • 7. In which year did Ayn Rand become a naturalized U.S. citizen?
A) 1931
B) 1945
C) 1957
D) 1963
  • 8. Which Russian-American author is known for promoting individualism and capitalism?
A) Fyodor Dostoevsky
B) Ayn Rand
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Vladimir Nabokov
  • 9. What was the title of Ayn Rand's last novel published before her death?
A) We the Living
B) The Fountainhead
C) Anthem
D) Atlas Shrugged
  • 10. What was the profession of the main character in Ayn Rand's novel 'The Fountainhead'?
A) Architect
B) Businessman
C) Scientist
D) Writer
  • 11. Where did Ayn Rand die?
A) Los Angeles
B) Houston
C) Chicago
D) New York City
  • 12. Which of the following is a collection of essays by Ayn Rand?
A) The Virtue of Selfishness
B) Atlas Shrugged
C) We the Living
D) Anthem
  • 13. What was Ayn Rand's birth name?
A) Anna Maria Jones
B) Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum
C) Olivia Margaret Brown
D) Sophia Elizabeth Smith
  • 14. In what year was 'Atlas Shrugged' published?
A) 1943
B) 1971
C) 1964
D) 1957
  • 15. What did Ayn Rand advocate for in politics?
A) Socialism
B) Communism
C) Laissez-faire capitalism
D) Anarchism
  • 16. Which philosophical tradition did Ayn Rand sharply criticize?
A) Existentialism only
B) Most philosophers and philosophical traditions
C) Utilitarianism only
D) Nihilism only
  • 17. How many copies of Rand's books have been sold?
A) Under 10 million copies
B) Exactly 25 million copies
C) Over 50 million copies
D) Over 37 million copies
  • 18. What was Ayn Rand's first published work about?
A) An essay about Polish actress Pola Negri
B) An article on American politics
C) A play for Broadway
D) A novel set in Russia
  • 19. Who did Ayn Rand marry in 1929?
A) Cecil B. DeMille
B) Frank O'Connor
C) A fellow student
D) An aspiring screenwriter
  • 20. What was Ayn Rand's stance on religion?
A) She promoted atheism.
B) She was indifferent to religion.
C) She supported religious faith.
D) She rejected faith and religion.
  • 21. Which movement is often associated with Ayn Rand despite her opposition?
A) The socialist movement
B) The modern libertarian movement
C) The anarchist movement
D) The communist movement
  • 22. What did Ayn Rand support in ethics?
A) Rational and ethical egoism
B) Utilitarianism
C) Altruism
D) Hedonism
  • 23. Where did Ayn Rand move to after graduating from Leningrad State University?
A) Moscow State University
B) The State Technicum for Screen Arts in Leningrad
C) Petrograd State University
D) New York City
  • 24. What was Ayn Rand's stance on the initiation of force?
A) She condemned it as immoral.
B) She supported it under certain conditions.
C) She promoted it in politics.
D) She was indifferent to its use.
  • 25. What type of art did Ayn Rand promote?
A) Surrealism
B) Impressionism
C) Abstract expressionism
D) Romantic realism
  • 26. In what year was Ayn Rand's screenplay 'Red Pawn' sold to Universal Studios?
A) 1934
B) 1936
C) 1938
D) 1932
  • 27. What is the setting of Ayn Rand's novel 'We the Living'?
A) A dystopian future world
B) Soviet Russia
C) The United States during the Great Depression
D) Nazi Germany
  • 28. When did Ayn Rand publish a revised version of 'We the Living'?
A) 1938
B) 1965
C) 1946
D) 1959
  • 29. What is the main theme presented in Ayn Rand's novella 'Anthem'?
A) A romantic love story set in a futuristic world.
B) The struggle against totalitarian collectivism.
C) The exploration of space travel.
D) The adventures of a detective solving crimes.
  • 30. In 'Anthem', what do the protagonists rediscover?
A) Their true identities
B) The concept of democracy
C) A hidden treasure
D) The word I
  • 31. When was 'Anthem' first published in England?
A) 1959
B) 1965
C) 1938
D) 1946
  • 32. Who did Ayn Rand volunteer for in the 1940 presidential campaign?
A) Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Republican Wendell Willkie
C) Independent Strom Thurmond
D) Libertarian Vermin Supreme
  • 33. Which economist did Henry Hazlitt introduce Ayn Rand to?
A) Ludwig von Mises
B) John Maynard Keynes
C) Adam Smith
D) Milton Friedman
  • 34. What is the name of the architect protagonist in The Fountainhead?
A) John Galt
B) Peter Keating
C) Howard Roark
D) Francisco D'Anconia
  • 35. How many publishers rejected The Fountainhead before it was accepted?
A) Twelve
B) Ten
C) Five
D) Eight
  • 36. Who did Ayn Rand endorse for president in 1964?
A) Barry Goldwater
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) Richard Nixon
D) Hubert Humphrey
  • 37. Who described Ayn Rand as 'the most influential libertarian of the twentieth century to the public at large'?
A) Journalist Brian Doherty
B) Jennifer Burns
C) David Nolan
D) Andrew Koppelman
  • 38. Who was among the group that met with Ayn Rand to discuss philosophy in New York City?
A) F. Scott Fitzgerald
B) William Faulkner
C) John Galt
D) Alan Greenspan
  • 39. What perspective often characterizes Rand's descriptions of female characters?
A) Third-person omniscient
B) Female empowerment
C) Childlike wonder
D) Male gaze
  • 40. In which country was Ayn Rand added to the required reading list for the A Level Politics exam in 2017?
A) United Kingdom
B) Canada
C) Australia
D) United States
  • 41. What did Ayn Rand work with conservatives on, despite disagreements?
A) Political projects
B) Socialist reforms
C) Religious initiatives
D) Communist movements
  • 42. Which forum did Ayn Rand use to promote her Objectivist philosophy through annual lectures?
A) Radio City Music Hall
B) Ford Hall Forum
C) Carnegie Hall
D) Lincoln Center
  • 43. What did Huemer argue about the persuasiveness of Rand's ideas in his 2010 essay for the Cato Institute?
A) Most people find them highly persuasive
B) Very few people find them convincing, especially her ethics
C) Her philosophy is universally admired
D) Her economics are widely accepted
  • 44. What was Ayn Rand's approach to ideas she disagreed with?
A) Supportive and constructive
B) Polemical without in-depth analysis
C) Analytical and respectful
D) Academic and detailed
  • 45. Which newsletter did Peter Schwartz start that was endorsed by Ayn Rand?
A) Ayn Rand Institute
B) Anthem Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship
C) The Objectivist Forum
D) The Intellectual Activist
  • 46. Which novel's introduction did Ayn Rand write for an English-language edition?
A) Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
B) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
C) Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo
D) The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
  • 47. Which Russian novel influenced Ayn Rand's depiction of her heroes?
A) The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
B) What Is to Be Done? by Nikolay Chernyshevsky
C) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
D) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
  • 48. Which fellow novelist was a contemporary admirer of Ayn Rand?
A) Ira Levin
B) William Faulkner
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • 49. Who called Ayn Rand 'the ultimate gateway drug to life on the right'?
A) Journalist Brian Doherty
B) David Nolan
C) Political scientist Andrew Koppelman
D) Historian Jennifer Burns
  • 50. What was the name of Nathaniel Branden's wife?
A) Barbara
B) Karen
C) Emily
D) Susan
  • 51. What book did Ayn Rand refer to as her 'Bible'?
A) 'The Republic'
B) 'Nicomachean Ethics'
C) 'Thus Spake Zarathustra'
D) 'Critique of Pure Reason'
  • 52. Which political party founder credited Ayn Rand with the existence of the libertarian movement?
A) Murray Rothbard
B) David Nolan
C) Ron Paul
D) Lew Rockwell
  • 53. Who wrote that despite Rand's bombast, her ethics are a significant achievement?
A) Douglas Den Uyl
B) Chandran Kukathas
C) Jack Wheeler
D) Robert Nozick
  • 54. Which philosopher did Ayn Rand cite as her favorite in an undated questionnaire response?
A) Friedrich Nietzsche
B) Thomas Aquinas
C) Aristotle
D) John Locke
  • 55. How many different reviews were published for We the Living?
A) Less than 100
B) Over 200
C) Approximately 125
D) 50
  • 56. In what year was The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies established?
A) 1984
B) 1999
C) 1978
D) 2005
  • 57. Which drug was prescribed to Ayn Rand to help her complete The Fountainhead?
A) Benzedrine
B) Penicillin
C) Aspirin
D) Ibuprofen
  • 58. In which year did John Hospers discuss Ayn Rand's ethical ideas in his textbook?
A) 1967
B) 1982
C) 1995
D) 1971
  • 59. How did reviewers generally respond to Atlas Shrugged?
A) It received little attention
B) Reviews were mixed but leaned towards positive
C) Most reviews were positive
D) Many reviews were strongly negative
  • 60. Which philosopher did Ayn Rand consider her philosophical opposite and 'the most evil man in mankind's history'?
A) Friedrich Nietzsche
B) John Locke
C) Immanuel Kant
D) Thomas Aquinas
  • 61. Who founded the Institute for Objectivist Studies in 1990?
A) David Kelley
B) Harry Binswanger
C) Ed Snider
D) Peter Schwartz
  • 62. Who described a divergence in how different academic specialties viewed Rand?
A) Jack Wheeler
B) Jenny A. Heyl
C) Douglas Den Uyl
D) Chandran Kukathas
  • 63. What award did the 1999 television adaptation 'The Passion of Ayn Rand' win?
A) Several awards
B) No awards
C) A Golden Globe
D) An Academy Award for Best Picture
  • 64. In what year was the Ayn Rand Society founded?
A) 1978
B) 2000
C) 1995
D) 1987
  • 65. Which libertarian philosopher criticized Rand's meta-ethical arguments in 'The Personalist'?
A) Chandran Kukathas
B) Jack Wheeler
C) Robert Nozick
D) Douglas Den Uyl
  • 66. Who insisted on publishing The Fountainhead at Bobbs-Merrill Company?
A) Editor Archibald Ogden
B) Ludwig von Mises
C) Publisher Robert Ballou
D) Author Ayn Rand
  • 67. Who included a chapter critiquing Objectivism in their book 'An Existentialist Ethics'?
A) Chandran Kukathas
B) Robert Nozick
C) Hazel Barnes
D) Douglas Den Uyl
  • 68. Which philosopher did Ayn Rand acknowledge as having the greatest influence on her?
A) Immanuel Kant
B) John Locke
C) Aristotle
D) Friedrich Nietzsche
  • 69. How does Rand's descriptive style in her novels resemble early Hollywood movie scenarios?
A) They use stream of consciousness
B) They follow common film editing conventions
C) They include musical notations
D) They are written in verse form
  • 70. Which magazine published numerous criticisms of Ayn Rand's writings?
A) The New York Times
B) The Atlantic
C) National Review
D) Time Magazine
  • 71. Which of the following authors was NOT a favorite of Ayn Rand during her school years?
A) Victor Hugo
B) Fyodor Dostoevsky
C) Edmond Rostand
D) Friedrich Schiller
  • 72. Which of Rand's works received little review attention upon its first publication in England?
A) Anthem
B) The Fountainhead
C) Atlas Shrugged
D) We the Living
  • 73. Which art form did Rand focus on most closely?
A) Literature
B) Painting
C) Music
D) Sculpture
  • 74. Which company bought the film rights to The Fountainhead?
A) Paramount Pictures
B) Universal Studios
C) Warner Bros.
D) Columbia Pictures
  • 75. Which philosopher did Ayn Rand view as having the primary conflict with Aristotle in the history of philosophy?
A) Nietzsche
B) Kant
C) Plato
D) Locke
  • 76. Which conservative figure opposed Ayn Rand's writings?
A) Ronald Reagan
B) George W. Bush
C) William F. Buckley Jr.
D) Barack Obama
  • 77. Which aspect of human activity did Rand consider noblest?
A) Spiritual devotion
B) Intellectual contemplation
C) Productive achievement
D) Artistic expression
  • 78. What approach to literature did Rand describe as reflecting human free will?
A) Realism
B) Modernism
C) Naturalism
D) Romanticism
  • 79. Which of Ayn Rand's works marked the end of her career as a novelist?
A) 'Anthem'
B) 'Atlas Shrugged'
C) 'The Fountainhead'
D) 'We the Living'
  • 80. What was the shape of the floral arrangement at Ayn Rand's funeral?
A) A 6-foot dollar sign
B) A heart
C) An American flag
D) A book
  • 81. Who criticized Ayn Rand's claim that her only philosophical debt was to Aristotle?
A) Mike Wallace
B) George Walsh
C) Charles Murray
D) Fred Seddon
  • 82. Which philosopher argued that Ayn Rand's support for egoism and individual rights are inconsistent?
A) William F. O'Neill
B) Robert Nozick
C) Roy Childs
D) Michael Huemer
  • 83. In what year did Ayn Rand testify before the United States House Committee on Un-American Activities?
A) 1950
B) 1947
C) 1945
D) 1949
  • 84. Who is the hero and leader of the strike in 'Atlas Shrugged'?
A) Francisco d'Anconia
B) Dagny Taggart
C) John Galt
D) Howard Roark
  • 85. Which publication's reviewer called Rand's viewpoint 'nearly perfect in its immorality'?
A) Sidney Hook
B) Gore Vidal
C) Whittaker Chambers
D) Lorine Pruette
  • 86. In what year did Ayn Rand publicly disagree with Nietzsche's ideas on the radio?
A) 1959
B) 1943
C) 1975
D) 1964
  • 87. Who said that Rand had effectively chucked a ticking time bomb into the US economy through Greenspan?
A) John P. McCaskey
B) Adam Weiner
C) Cass Sunstein
D) Lisa Duggan
  • 88. How did Ayn Rand view her relationship with contemporary philosophers?
A) Mostly antagonistic
B) Indifferent
C) Collaborative
D) Supportive
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