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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, "Collectivized 'Rights'", Ayn Rand (1963).

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) Black.
(b) Right.
(c) White.
(d) Gray.

2. Which of the following is not considered a public project?
(a) Public health care.
(b) Welfare.
(c) A local coffee shop.
(d) Public parks.

3. What was Ayn Rand's last work of fiction?
(a) The Objectivist Ethics.
(b) The Fountainhead.
(c) The Virtue of Selfishness.
(d) Atlas Shrugged.

4. Rand believes that the socialist theory as a whole is _______.
(a) Morally correct.
(b) Honorably intended.
(c) Rational.
(d) Irrational.

5. According to Rand, what are the notions of altruist thought perpetuated by?
(a) Morality and mysticism.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Religion.
(d) Whim.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rand, what are ideas of mysticism and morality based upon?

2. According to Rand, what type of principles have ruled Western Society for years?

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

4. Which monarch erected the palace of Versailles, as stated in Rand's essay "The Monument Builders?"

5. Historically, what did socialist economic planning come about as a reaction to?

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