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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. Finish the quotation: "Individual rights are the means of subordinating ________ to moral law."
(a) The individual.
(b) Government.
(c) Society.
(d) Collectivism.

2. According to Rand, what type of principles have ruled Western Society for years?
(a) Egotistical.
(b) Christian.
(c) Judeo-Christian.
(d) Irrational.

3. What year did Nathaniel Branden write his essay, "Isn't Everyone Selfish?"
(a) 1963.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1961.

4. Which form of government imposes laws of force and denies its citizens natural rights?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Republic.
(d) Free nation.

5. Complete the sentence. A _________ person's desire for pleasure is the desire to escape reality.
(a) Rational.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Neurotic.
(d) Irrational.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which instinct does self-sacrifice directly contradict?

2. Which of the following is not examined by Rand within "The Virtue of Selfishness?"

3. Which Greek philosopher is mentioned once within the book?

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

5. The principle of collectivized ethics supposes that one must live for the benefit of what?

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