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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, "Collectivized 'Rights'", Ayn Rand (1963).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a person considered to be who attempts to find the morally good in a given situation but acts incorrectly by honest mistake?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.

2. Which major historical event ended just two decades before the essay, "The Monument Builders" was written?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Korean Conflict.
(d) World War II.

3. Which of the following does not fall into the category of what Branden would consider a proper avenue for seeking pleasure?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Working on a project.
(c) Writing a song.
(d) Painting.

4. According to Ayn Rand, one must pass moral judgment in order to live what kind of life?
(a) Evil.
(b) Rational.
(c) Good.
(d) Irrational.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the statement. "A" is _________.

2. The function of pleasure is to give a man his own sense of what?

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

4. Rand describes that socialism can be practiced totally or partially. Which country does she use as an example of a partial socialist government?

5. Rand clarifies her point about compromise when she asks the question about the compromise ______ and _______ along with the question of reason versus irrationality.

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