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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. What must the goals one chooses to pursue be in order to be a rational thinker?
(a) Flexible.
(b) Malleable.
(c) Achieveable.
(d) Ever-changing.

2. As Rand states, how must a collectivist society be formed to operate morally?
(a) Morally.
(b) Freely.
(c) Correctly.
(d) Objectively.

3. Complete the sentence. A _________ person's desire for pleasure is the desire to escape reality.
(a) Rational.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Neurotic.
(d) Irrational.

4. This stated that private facilities cannot refuse services to patrons based on race, creed, religion, sex, etc.
(a) The Sedition Act.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) The Civil Rights Bill.
(d) The Bill of Rights.

5. According to Rand, what do humans need if they are to live in a society?
(a) Family.
(b) Companionship.
(c) Total Freedom.
(d) Government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Branden's notion of pleasure being a psychological need also fits into which of his other notions?

2. According to Rand, compromise is similar to what?

3. What country did Rand live in throughout her adulthood?

4. According to Rand, what is the only way that individuals' rights can be violated?

5. In Rand's essay, "Man's Rights," she describes a right as the freedom of _______.

(see the answer key)

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