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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 considered a public project?
(a) Public health care.
(b) Public parks.
(c) Welfare.
(d) A local coffee shop.

2. The notion that many people define individualism as the action of not conforming to the standard actions or ideas of the group is _________.
(a) Weak.
(b) Lacking.
(c) Correct.
(d) False.

3. Which of the following is not included in Branden's list of avenues where people find pleasure?
(a) Art.
(b) Balance.
(c) Recreation.
(d) Sex.

4. What does Rand blame on the notion that causes men to feel inferior?
(a) Misogyny.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Inferiority.
(d) Racism.

5. Which Act within the United States was Ayn Rand vehemently against?
(a) Civil Rights Act.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) Sedition Act.
(d) Human Rights Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rand, what is defined as conducting one's life according to the divinity of nonexistent beings?

2. According to Rand, which country was the first to establish a system in which the society was subordinated to the individual rights?

3. In Rand's essay, "Man's Rights," she describes several societies that exhibited a collectivist system. Which society is not included?

4. Which monarch erected the palace of Versailles, as stated in Rand's essay "The Monument Builders?"

5. How does Rand define "society" in a basic sense?

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