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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not examined by Rand within "The Virtue of Selfishness?"
(a) Economics.
(b) Epistemology.
(c) Politics.
(d) Etymology.

2. What word does Rand state that philosophers substitute for God?
(a) Satan.
(b) Society.
(c) People.
(d) The Church.

3. What is the extreme example Rand uses to illustrate what can go wrong in a society that doesn't uphold the rights of the individual?
(a) China.
(b) Nazi Germany.
(c) The United States.
(d) Soviet Russia.

4. Which of the following does not fall into the category of what Branden would consider a proper avenue for seeking pleasure?
(a) Painting.
(b) Working on a project.
(c) Writing a song.
(d) Watching television.

5. In which year was Branden's essay, "Counterfeit Individualism" written?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year was the "Psychology of Pleasure" written?

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

3. Which of the following is not included in Branden's list of avenues where people find pleasure?

4. If a person saves a stranger from a burning building at the risk of their own life, then that person is acting upon which principles?

5. Rand calls government taxation laws an initiation of _________.

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