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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "The Cult of Moral Grayness", Ayn Rand (1964).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Rand, a person who does not attempt to define what is right or wrong in a given situation, and acts as a mixture of the two is morally what?
(a) Right.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Gray.

2. According to Rand, compromise is similar to what?
(a) Victory.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Defeat.
(d) Common ground.

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) Morality, mysticism.
(b) Life, death.
(c) Health, illness.
(d) Happiness, sadness.

4. According to the principles of selfishness, what would be the correct route for convincing an employer that you are the proper candidate for a job?
(a) Tell the employer of your competitor's incompetence.
(b) Explain your competence.
(c) Only apply for a job in which you are extremely over-qualified.
(d) Flatter your prospective employer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rand believes that because of altruism, what is the only reason people help others?

2. What must one have before being able to find meaningful relationships with others?

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

4. Ayn Rand defines value as something that a person believes is necessary to do what?

5. What year did Ayn Rand write the essay, "The Cult of Moral Grayness?"

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