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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. Rand believes that because of altruism, what is the only reason people help others?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Public Recognition.
(c) Obligation.
(d) Fame.

2. What are the two things Branden claims that perpetuate within society and threaten self-esteem?
(a) Anxiety and guilt.
(b) Reason and control.
(c) Belief and guilt.
(d) Anxiety and frivolity.

3. Rand defends her points by stating her belief that the mainstream practice of ethics goes against the reality of _________.
(a) Human peace and experience.
(b) Objectivism.
(c) Ecosystems.
(d) Human existence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book did Rand write to illustrate her objectivist views by setting up a scenario where the characters protest against collectivist ideals?

3. Finish the quotation: "Individual rights are the means of subordinating ________ to moral law."

4. The function of pleasure is to give a man his own sense of what?

5. As Rand states, how must a collectivist society be formed to operate morally?

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