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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, "The Divine Right of Stagnation", Nathaniel Branden (1963).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following words is not included in those Rand uses to describe desire?
(a) Wishes.
(b) Urges.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Emotions.

3. This stated that private facilities cannot refuse services to patrons based on race, creed, religion, sex, etc.
(a) The Sedition Act.
(b) The Civil Rights Bill.
(c) The Bill of Rights.
(d) Prohibition.

4. According to Ayn Rand, this is the only time physical force is warranted.
(a) Self defense.
(b) Crime of passion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Government mandates.

5. Who created "good" and evil" according to Rand?
(a) Various religions.
(b) God.
(c) Church Fathers.
(d) Humans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following vocabulary words were not defined in Branden's essay on Mental Health versus Mysticism?

3. Finish this argument as Rand presents it: X is ___________; therefore, his argument is false.

4. In which year was the essay, "The Monument Builders," published?

5. Rand believes that the socialist theory as a whole is _______.

(see the answer key)

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