View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, "Counterfeit Individualism", Nathaniel Branden (1962).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it impossible to pursue in a "non-free" society?
(a) Equality.
(b) Establishment.
(c) Total freedom.
(d) Rational interests.

2. Finish the statement. "A" is _________.
(a) To B as B is to C.
(b) Proportionate to Z.
(c) A in the Actual Reality.
(d) A.

3. What are the two benefits one can gain from living a social existence?
(a) Supply and demand.
(b) Knowledge and trade.
(c) Knowledge and happiness.
(d) Happiness and trade.

4. What political system punishes irrationality and rewards rational thought?
(a) Communism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Democracy.

5. According to Rand, what are ideas of mysticism and morality based upon?
(a) Fear.
(b) Loathing.
(c) Religion.
(d) Whim.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the altruist perspective, saving the life of a stranger is equivalent to saving the life of _________.

2. In Rand's essay, "How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?" Rand states that people often dismiss evil around them out of what?

3. Which of the following is not in violation of human survival as stated by the objectivist principle?

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

5. What is "an institution that holds exclusive power to enforce certain rules for social conduct in a given geographical area?"

(see the answer key)

This section contains 211 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample