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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Ayn Rand write, "How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?"
(a) 1962.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1963.

2. According to Branden, what must human beings have in order to have pleasure?
(a) Self esteem.
(b) A sense of purpose.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Happiness.

3. How does Western Society deem moral judgment?
(a) Evil.
(b) Awful.
(c) Good.
(d) Irrational.

4. According to Rand, what term is used to describe a method in which one refuses to base his or her interests on context?
(a) Context-popping.
(b) Elimination of context.
(c) A drop-key.
(d) Context-dropping.

5. Finish this argument as Rand presents it: X is ___________; therefore, his argument is false.
(a) Rational.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Too religious.
(d) Irrational.

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

7. According to the principles of selfishness, what would be the correct route for convincing an employer that you are the proper candidate for a job?
(a) Flatter your prospective employer.
(b) Only apply for a job in which you are extremely over-qualified.
(c) Explain your competence.
(d) Tell the employer of your competitor's incompetence.

8. What type of need does "mental health" fall under?
(a) Geographical.
(b) Rational.
(c) Social.
(d) Biological.

9. What is the enemy of Individualism according to Rand and the objectivist theory?
(a) Mysticism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Altruism.

10. 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?
(a) Objectivist.
(b) Compromise.
(c) Self interest.
(d) Altruistic.

11. According to Rand, every interest that a person employs must be based in ________.
(a) Reality.
(b) Careful consideration.
(c) Context.
(d) Reason.

12. In which year was "Doesn't Life Require Compromise?" written?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1962.

13. The function of pleasure is to give a man his own sense of what?
(a) Efficacy.
(b) Righteousness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Sufficiency.

14. Rand states that judgment is a ______ action to commit.
(a) Correct.
(b) Professional.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Moral.

15. At the conclusion of Rand's essay on the Objectivist ethics, what does she state is the standard value for the Objectivist?
(a) The creation of offspring.
(b) The development of the world.
(c) The society.
(d) Man's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not included in the hierarchy Rand gives in the objectivist evaluation of committing an act of good will?

2. According to Rand, without these two things there can be no gray.

3. According to Branden, which word is intellectually confused with "selfishness?"

4. In what year was "Atlas Shrugged" published?

5. To be selfish is not simply to act on the basis of a __________.

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