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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "Doesn't Life Require Compromise?" Ayn Rand (1962).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was "The Ethics of Emergencies" written?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1961.

2. According to Branden, what determines a person's individual pleasures?
(a) Desires.
(b) Whim.
(c) Values.
(d) Mysticism.

3. According to Rand, what does an act of good will require in the eyes of the objectivist?
(a) Self-sacrifice.
(b) Self-interest.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Self-manipulation.

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

5. According to "Isn't Everyone Selfish?", one must ask which question about the desired action?
(a) Why.
(b) When.
(c) Whether.
(d) How.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which instinct does self-sacrifice directly contradict?

2. What country is Ayn Rand originally from?

3. From the objectivist perspective, what should the risk on committing an act of good will be proportionate to?

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

5. Which of the following is included in the four considerations of man's view of rationality that Rand describes?

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