The Virtue of Selfishness Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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The Virtue of Selfishness Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, "The Divine Right of Stagnation", Nathaniel Branden (1963).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Rand, without these two things there can be no gray.
(a) Reason and self-interest.
(b) Reason and rationality.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Gray and white.

2. According to Rand, compromise is similar to what?
(a) Common ground.
(b) Victory.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Defeat.

3. If a person saves a stranger from a burning building at the risk of their own life, then that person is acting upon which principles?
(a) Self interest.
(b) Altruistic.
(c) Objectivist.
(d) Compromise.

4. According to Rand, what is defined as conducting one's life according to the divinity of nonexistent beings?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Altruism.
(c) Religion.
(d) Morality.

5. Which of the following areas is Nathaniel Branden's area of expertise?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Neuroscience.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Theology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "an institution that holds exclusive power to enforce certain rules for social conduct in a given geographical area?"

2. According to Rand, which country was the first to establish a system in which the society was subordinated to the individual rights?

3. This stated that private facilities cannot refuse services to patrons based on race, creed, religion, sex, etc.

4. In what year did Ayn Rand write, "How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?"

5. According to Rand, compromise is synonymous with relinquishing one's ____________.

(see the answer key)

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