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

2. What is it impossible to pursue in a "non-free" society?
(a) Equality.
(b) Rational interests.
(c) Total freedom.
(d) Establishment.

3. What does Rand claim that Objectivists ethics are in the essay on Objectivist ethics?
(a) True morality.
(b) Basic morality.
(c) Relgious elixir.
(d) Only morality.

4. What does Branden identify as being referred to as an "evil" by Mystics?
(a) Envy.
(b) Greed.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Pride.

5. To be selfish is not simply to act on the basis of a __________.
(a) Need.
(b) Moral.
(c) Interest.
(d) Whim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rand claim about the existence of compromise?

2. Which of the following is not included in Branden's list of avenues where people find pleasure?

3. Rand clarifies her point about compromise when she asks the question about the compromise ______ and _______ along with the question of reason versus irrationality.

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

5. What was Ayn Rand's last work of fiction?

(see the answer key)

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