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

2. In what year was "Atlas Shrugged" published?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1962.

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

4. According to Branden, which concept is used by Mystics to encourage human self-sacrifice?
(a) Faith.
(b) Holiness.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) Peace.

5. In the act of conceding one's own reason in favor of another's, one commits an act of ______________.
(a) Compromise.
(b) Self destruction.
(c) Morality.
(d) Irrationality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although Rand does not support altruistic belief, she does not ______against it.

2. According to Branden, what determines a person's individual pleasures?

3. To be selfish is not simply to act on the basis of a __________.

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

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

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