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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, "Government Financing in a Free Society", Ayn Rand (1964).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete the sentence: In order to act in self interest, man must refuse to sacrifice a ________ value for a _______ one.
(a) Better, worse.
(b) Lower, higher.
(c) Higher, lower.
(d) Worse, better.

2. In which year was Rand's essay, "Collectivized Ethics," published?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1964.

3. In which year was the essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society" published?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1962.

4. To be selfish is not simply to act on the basis of a __________.
(a) Moral.
(b) Interest.
(c) Need.
(d) Whim.

5. Which of the following is not considered a public project?
(a) Welfare.
(b) Public health care.
(c) Public parks.
(d) A local coffee shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. The principle of collectivized ethics supposes that one must live for the benefit of what?

2. According to Nathaniel Branden, what word is intellectually confused with "self-sacrifice?"

3. Rand does not believe in public projects because the public project does not benefit whom?

4. What basis are you acting on if you audition for a Broadway show, after wanting to become a singer, you are an extremely competent singer, and you have performed on stage before?

5. What notion does Branden attempt to refute in his essay, "Isn't Everyone Selfish"?

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