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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. From the objectivist perspective, what should the risk on committing an act of good will be proportionate to?
(a) Nothing, it should be a selfless act.
(b) Public recognition.
(c) A reward.
(d) One's happiness.

2. What must one have before being able to find meaningful relationships with others?
(a) Self interest.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Self worth.
(d) Morality.

3. Complete the sentence. A _________ person's desire for pleasure is the desire to escape reality.
(a) Selfish.
(b) Rational.
(c) Irrational.
(d) Neurotic.

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

5. In Branden's essay on "The Psychology of Pleasure" he lists five avenues upon which ________ people find pleasure.
(a) Sufficient.
(b) Egotistical.
(c) Rational.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

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

5. Complete the sentence: In order to act in self interest, man must refuse to sacrifice a ________ value for a _______ one.

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