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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. Rand calls government taxation laws an initiation of _________.
(a) Finance.
(b) Precedent.
(c) Force.
(d) Choice.

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

3. What year did Ayn Rand write the essay, "The Cult of Moral Grayness?"
(a) 1962.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1974.

4. According to Rand, which country was the first to establish a system in which the society was subordinated to the individual rights?
(a) Ancient Greece.
(b) Ancient Egypt.
(c) The United States.
(d) The United Kingdom.

5. Which country established a socialist system by vote?
(a) Nazi Germany.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) Soviet Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Rand's essay, "The Monument Builders," what is the Moscow subway lined with?

2. No one ever really sacrifices oneself because every direct action is motivated by a person's desire. What does Branden say about this statement?

3. In Rand's essay, "Collectivized Ethics," Rand mentions which system of government in relation to collectivized ethics?

4. According to Rand, compromise is synonymous with relinquishing one's ____________.

5. According to Branden, which concept is used by Mystics to encourage human self-sacrifice?

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