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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. Which of the following is not included in the hierarchy Rand gives in the objectivist evaluation of committing an act of good will?
(a) Effort.
(b) Money.
(c) Plausibility.
(d) Time.

2. 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?
(a) Compromise.
(b) Altruistic.
(c) Objectivist.
(d) Self interest.

3. Which of the following is not examined by Rand within "The Virtue of Selfishness?"
(a) Etymology.
(b) Economics.
(c) Epistemology.
(d) Politics.

4. Complete the quote: "_____ is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause."
(a) Moral.
(b) Need.
(c) Whim.
(d) Want.

5. Rand clarifies her point about compromise when she asks the question about the compromise ______ and _______ along with the question of reason versus irrationality.
(a) Morality, mysticism.
(b) Happiness, sadness.
(c) Health, illness.
(d) Life, death.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rand, what people define the standards for "good" in a society?

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

3. According to Nathaniel Branden, what word is intellectually confused with "self-sacrifice?"

4. What country is Ayn Rand originally from?

5. Which of the following is included in the four considerations of man's view of rationality that Rand describes?

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