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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, "Government Financing in a Free Society", Ayn Rand (1964).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which year was the essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society" published?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1961.

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

3. Rand calls government taxation laws an initiation of _________.
(a) Choice.
(b) Force.
(c) Precedent.
(d) Finance.

4. Which of the following is not considered a public project?
(a) Welfare.
(b) Public health care.
(c) A local coffee shop.
(d) Public parks.

5. With which country's form of government does Rand largely agree?
(a) United States.
(b) United Kingdom.
(c) Russia.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. To be selfish is not simply to act on the basis of a __________.

2. Which country is said to have inspired Ayn Rand's objectivist theory, and caused her to reject all forms of collectivized government?

3. According to Nathaniel Branden, what word is intellectually confused with "self-sacrifice?"

4. What year did Nathaniel Branden write his essay, "Isn't Everyone Selfish?"

5. Rand vies for a political system in which public projects are not ________ society.

(see the answer key)

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