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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, "The Monument Builders," Ayn Rand (1962).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which year was "Doesn't Life Require Compromise?" written?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1964.

2. According to Rand, what are ideas of mysticism and morality based upon?
(a) Loathing.
(b) Whim.
(c) Fear.
(d) Religion.

3. According to Rand, what is the vessel in which the government seizes property and goods of the individual?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Libertarianism.

4. Rand states that the alleged goal of socialism was to end ________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Revolt.
(d) Happiness.

5. What year did Ayn Rand write the essay, "The Cult of Moral Grayness?"
(a) 1964.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1974.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rand claim about the existence of compromise?

2. Finish this argument as Rand presents it: X is ___________; therefore, his argument is false.

3. Which of the following is not included in the events of an emergency according to Rand's essay on "The Ethics of Emergencies"?

4. According to Branden, what do values in the context of ethics guide?

5. What country is Ayn Rand originally from?

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