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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 type of tools must one use in a real life situation?
(a) Rational.
(b) Non-concrete.
(c) Suggestive.
(d) Concrete.

2. What basis are you acting on if you audition for a Broadway show, after wanting to become a singer, you are an extremely competent singer, and you have performed on stage before?
(a) Whim.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Egoism.
(d) Self-interest.

3. In which year was the essay, "The Monument Builders," published?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1964.

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

5. According to Rand, what does an act of good will require in the eyes of an altruist?
(a) Self-interest.
(b) Self-mutilation.
(c) Self-sacrifice.
(d) Self-manipulation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of need does "mental health" fall under?

2. What year did Ayn Rand write the essay, "The Cult of Moral Grayness?"

3. According to Rand, what does an act of good will require in the eyes of the objectivist?

4. What is the enemy of Individualism according to Rand and the objectivist theory?

5. Finish the statement. "A" is _________.

(see the answer key)

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