"We the Living" by Ayn Rand Trivia Quiz

Answer: to become an engineer

Kira wants to become an Engineer to build things that have a purpose, not just buildings for the appearance. In one instance, Kira stands transfixed as she watches a construction crew build a building. Her family, especially her older sister is disdainful of her career ambitions.Throughout the book, Kira relates back to her dream of building bridges and building and her ambition to do so.

Answer: Andrei Taganov

Kira meets Andrei Taganov early on in the novel through the Technological Institute. Andrei is a G.P.U. Officer, which is a secret communist police force. Although Kira is cold and unfriendly towards Andrei at first, they develop a friendship. Her family is unhappy with her choice of Andrei, because they have lost everything to the revolution.

Answer: he thinks she is a prostitute

Leo initially thinks Kira is prostitute, and she furthers that thought when she is ready to throw herself at him. He soon realizes his mistake and the two begin talking. Leo is intrigued by Kira and her ideals. The two set a date, a month from that night, to meet again.

Answer: Stepan Timoshenko

Stepan Timoshenko, a high ranking G.P.U. officer is the man who helps Leo get out of jail. Stepan Timoshenko tells Leo that he fought under the command of Leo's father before the Revolution and respects him very much. Because Stepan Timoshenkois a high ranking officer, no one questions the release of a capitalist sympathizer.

Answer: True

Kira is expelled from the Technological Institute because of her ideas and opinions about communism, even though she is quiet about them. Andrei tries very hard to make sure Kira is not expelled, but there is nothing he can do. Kira almost loses her ration card and Kira and Leo almost starve.

Answer: tuberculosis

Leo comes down with tuberculosis and is told by a doctor that he must be sent to a sanitarium in the Crimea or die. Sanitariums are expensive and Kira takes it upon herself to petition the government to help fund Leo's trip. The government refuses because of the opinions and ideas of the couple.

In desperation, Kira becomes Andrei's mistress to help pay for Leo's treatment in the Crimea. Although Kira cares and respects Andrei, she does not love him the way he loves her. With the help of Andrei's money, Leo is able to go to the Crimea.

Answer: True

The store is a facade for illegal speculation and trade, which Leo goes into business with his friend from the Crimea and Morozov and Antonina Pavlovna. Leo and his business partners make a lot of money, which they spend recklessly. He worries Kira very much, but she realizes that she has very little say in what Leo decides to do.

Answer: Kira tells Andrei the truth about Leo and her feelings about both Leo and him.

Kira is a strong character, and would never lie outright to Andrei about her relationship with Leo. She tells Andrei the reason she became his mistress was the help Leo recover and go to the Crimea for treatment. Andrei and Kira in this scene realize what their love and political ideas have done to each other. Because of Andrei's respect and love for Kira, he is able to get Leo released from prison.

Answer: Go to Europe with Antonina, becoming in sort a gigolo.

Leo tells Kira that he is leaning Russia with Antonina Pavlovna and in a sense, become her kept man. Kira realizes that Leo has lost all his sense of morality after coming back from the Crimea and is aware that she can no longer keep him here. Andrei's death and Leo's departure are the catalysts for Kira to do what she feels she needs to do.

Answer: No, she is shot dead crossing the border.

Kira is killed by a border officer before she able to make it out of Russia. Kira knows she is dying when shot and forces herself to crawl as far as she can from her hellish life in Soviet Russia. Until the very end, Kira still loves Leo and defends her love of him.