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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "Isn't Everyone Selfish?" Nathaniel Branden (1962).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Nathaniel Branden, what word is intellectually confused with "self-sacrifice?"
(a) Faithful.
(b) Selfless.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Gracious.

2. Rand defends her points by stating her belief that the mainstream practice of ethics goes against the reality of _________.
(a) Human peace and experience.
(b) Ecosystems.
(c) Human existence.
(d) Objectivism.

3. What is necessary for the existence of self-esteem according to Branden?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Avarice.
(d) Pride.

4. What basis are you acting on If you audition for a Broadway show, you are a poor singer, but you have always have wanted to sing?
(a) Self-interest.
(b) Desire.
(c) Egoism.
(d) Need.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rand claim that Objectivists ethics are in the essay on Objectivist ethics?

2. According to "Isn't Everyone Selfish?", one must ask which question about the desired action?

3. In what year did Rand write the essay, "The 'Conflicts' of Men's Interests?"

4. What does Rand believe the nature of the human mind to be?

5. How does Rand define "society" in a basic sense?

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