The Virtue of Selfishness Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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The Virtue of Selfishness Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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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. According to the principles of selfishness, what would be the correct route for convincing an employer that you are the proper candidate for a job?
(a) Flatter your prospective employer.
(b) Tell the employer of your competitor's incompetence.
(c) Explain your competence.
(d) Only apply for a job in which you are extremely over-qualified.

2. Rand does not believe in public projects because the public project does not benefit whom?
(a) Some individuals.
(b) Anyone.
(c) Rationally.
(d) Every individual.

3. According to Nathaniel Branden, what word is intellectually confused with "self-sacrifice?"
(a) Gracious.
(b) Faithful.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Selfless.

4. What type of government financing does Ayn Rand propose in her essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society?"
(a) Independent financing.
(b) Dependent financing.
(c) Voluntary taxation.
(d) Mandatory taxation.

5. Rand vies for a political system in which public projects are not ________ society.
(a) Created by.
(b) Completed within.
(c) Achieved by.
(d) Forced upon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What basis are you acting on If you audition for a Broadway show, you are a poor singer, but you have always have wanted to sing?

2. Rand states in her essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society," that her proposal for government financing is ________ in practice.

3. According to "Isn't Everyone Selfish?", one must ask which question about the desired action?

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. Which country is said to have inspired Ayn Rand's objectivist theory, and caused her to reject all forms of collectivized government?

(see the answer key)

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