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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. Rand states that the actually effect of socialism have been ________ the alleged goals.
(a) Opposite of.
(b) Achieved with.
(c) Different from.
(d) Synonymous with.

2. Which country's monuments does Rand state have always been quite modest?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) America.
(d) Germany.

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

4. What is a person considered to be who attempts to find the morally good in a given situation but acts incorrectly by honest mistake?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

5. Which monarch erected the palace of Versailles, as stated in Rand's essay "The Monument Builders?"
(a) Napolean.
(b) Charlemagne.
(c) Louis XVII.
(d) Louis XIV.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rand, what are the notions of altruist thought perpetuated by?

2. According to Rand, without these two things there can be no gray.

3. In what year was "Atlas Shrugged" published?

4. According to Rand, compromise is synonymous with relinquishing one's ____________.

5. 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?

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