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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "Doesn't Life Require Compromise?" Ayn Rand (1962).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The function of pleasure is to give a man his own sense of what?
(a) Righteousness.
(b) Sufficiency.
(c) Efficacy.
(d) Happiness.

2. Which law does Rand propose should be used to determine man's interests?
(a) Laws of the Self.
(b) Law of Actual Reality.
(c) Law of the Land.
(d) Law of Identity.

3. Complete the sentence: In order to act in self interest, man must refuse to sacrifice a ________ value for a _______ one.
(a) Lower, higher.
(b) Higher, lower.
(c) Worse, better.
(d) Better, worse.

4. What year did Nathaniel Branden write his essay, "Isn't Everyone Selfish?"
(a) 1962.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1963.

5. What does Rand claim is not a valid standard of value in her essay on "The 'Conflicts' of Men's Interests?"
(a) Desires.
(b) Whims.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Urges.

Short Answer Questions

1. Branden states in his essay, "The Psychology of Pleasure" that pleasure is not a _________, but a psychological need.

2. According to Branden, "The Psychology of Pleasure," how many major avenues are there for one to seek pleasure?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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