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Read the excerpt from Anthem.I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest. I wished to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.The excerpt supports the theme of

A
reflective connections
B
youth versus wisdom
C
discovery and exploration
D
adventurous journeys
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Perhaps they cried out in protest and in warning. But men paid no heed to their warning. And they, these few, fought a hopeless battle, and they perished with their banners smeared by their own blood. And they chose to perish, for they knew. To them, I send my salute across the centuries, and my pity.

g
gives details of how violent societies can be when faced with overwhelming obstacles.
s
suggests that the group with the larger numbers always wins the battle.
i
implies that the narrator will also be killed for questioning authority.
d
depicts the collective society as a destructive force that represses the independent thinker.
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T
The rights of an individual are more important than the rights of a group.
T
The rights of a group are more important than the rights of an individual.
I
It is man’s moral obligation to help others.
I
Individuals and groups are equally important.
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Read the excerpt from Anthem, by Ayn Rand.I do not surrender my treasures, nor do I share them. The fortune of my spirit is not to be blown into coins of brass and flung to the winds as alms for the poor of the spirit. I guard my treasures: my thought, my will, my freedom. The imagery of treasure and fortune helps to establish which theme?

A
Wealth that is earned does not need to be shared.
B
Wealth and greed are destructive to the spirit.
C
A person’s moral duty is to share wealth with the less fortunate.
D
The most valuable human possessions are individuality and independence.
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Read the excerpt from Anthem.But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man’s freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. This and nothing else.Based on the philosophical concepts expressed in the excerpt, the narrator would most likely support a government that

A
ensures all of mankind is treated equally.
B
allows man to make his own decisions and live with the consequences.
C
interferes in the lives and economic activities of the individuals in a society.
D
regulates the economy and redistributes each man’s wealth.
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Read the excerpt from Anthem.Those men who survived—those eager to obey, eager to live for one another, since they had nothing else to vindicate them—those men could neither carry on, nor preserve what they had received. Thus did all thought, all science, all wisdom perish on earth. Thus did men—men with nothing to offer save their great number—lose the steel towers, the flying ships, the power wires, all the things they had not created and could never keep. What connection does the narrator make between collectivism and human invention?

A
People in a collective society often dismiss the need for human progress and creativity.
B
People who prefer collective thought are unable to contribute new ideas to mankind’s progress.
C
Societies in which people live for one another tend to cooperate and produce innovative developments.
D
Societies that have the greatest number of people need to have more inventions and produce more.
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Read the excerpt from Anthem.The word “We” is as lime poured over men, which sets and hardens to stone, and crushes all beneath it, and that which is white and that which is black are lost equally in the grey of it.Which best states the effect of the imagery in the excerpt?

A
The comparison of the word “We” to limestone helps to develop the theme that collective thinking strengthens society.
B
The comparison of the word “We” to limestone helps to develop the theme that a collective society destroys humankind’s potential.
C
The description of black and white becoming gray helps to develop the theme that all people are equal.
D
The description of black and white becoming gray helps to develop the theme that living only for oneself is a colorless and bleak existence.
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Read the excerpt from Anthem, by Ayn Rand.What disaster took their reason away from men? What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word “We.”In the excerpt, which concept causes the downfall of humanity?

A
Individualism
B
Collectivism
C
Capitalism
D
Egoism
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It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth. It is my ears which hear, and the hearing of my ears gives its song to the world. It is my mind which thinks, and the judgment of my mind is the only searchlight that can find the truth.

I
It reinforces the concept that man’s responsibility is to create his own reality.
I
It supports the idea that man is truly in control of his own thoughts and actions.
I
It supports the belief that man is controlled by the environment and society.
I
It reinforces the notion that man views himself based on how others view him.
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In Anthem, the narrator’s name, Equality 7-2521, helps to develop a theme that

a
all people deserve equal opportunity.
i
individuality is lost in a collective society.
b
brotherhood and cooperation strengthen society.
i
individual differences are inconsequential.

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