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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. Which major historical event ended just two decades before the essay, "The Monument Builders" was written?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Korean Conflict.
(d) World War I.

2. 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) Only apply for a job in which you are extremely over-qualified.
(b) Flatter your prospective employer.
(c) Tell the employer of your competitor's incompetence.
(d) Explain your competence.

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

4. Finish the sentence based upon Rand's theory: One must achieve interests by her own efforts only and not at the expense of another's ______.
(a) Efforts.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Loss.
(d) Achievements.

5. The principle of collectivized ethics supposes that one must live for the benefit of what?
(a) State.
(b) Individual.
(c) Collective whole.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words is not included in those Rand uses to describe desire?

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

3. According to Rand, what term is used to describe a method in which one refuses to base his or her interests on context?

4. Rand states that judgment is a ______ action to commit.

5. What country is Ayn Rand originally from?

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