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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "Isn't Everyone Selfish?" Nathaniel Branden (1962).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Egoism.
(b) Whim.
(c) Self-interest.
(d) Satisfaction.

2. According to Branden, which concept is used by Mystics to encourage human self-sacrifice?
(a) Holiness.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Peace.
(d) Faith.

3. According to Branden, what do values in the context of ethics guide?
(a) A man's actions only.
(b) A man's choice only.
(c) A man's life.
(d) A man's actions and choices.

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

5. Which of the following is included in the four considerations of man's view of rationality that Rand describes?
(a) Reality.
(b) Effort.
(c) Plausibility.
(d) Responsibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not examined by Rand within "The Virtue of Selfishness?"

2. Which philosopher does Rand mention in her essay on "The Objectivist Ethics?"

3. What does Rand claim that Objectivists ethics are in the essay on Objectivist ethics?

4. At the conclusion of Rand's essay on the Objectivist ethics, what does she state is the standard value for the Objectivist?

5. From the altruist perspective, saving the life of a stranger is equivalent to saving the life of _________.

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