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

2. In Rand's essay, "Man's Rights," she describes a right as the freedom of _______.
(a) Belief.
(b) Action.
(c) Life.
(d) Power.

3. At the conclusion of Rand's essay on the Objectivist ethics, what does she state is the standard value for the Objectivist?
(a) The development of the world.
(b) The creation of offspring.
(c) Man's life.
(d) The society.

4. Which German philosopher does Rand oppose within her own philosophical theory?
(a) Kafka.
(b) Nietzche.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Aristotle.

5. Rand believes that the enactment of socialism has contributed to the _______ and destruction of individuals.
(a) Torture.
(b) Conformity.
(c) Displacement.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Which of the following is not in violation of human survival as stated by the objectivist principle?

4. What does Rand claim is not a valid standard of value in her essay on "The 'Conflicts' of Men's Interests?"

5. According to Rand, what is the vessel in which the government seizes property and goods of the individual?

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