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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rand clarifies her point about compromise when she asks the question about the compromise ______ and _______ along with the question of reason versus irrationality.
(a) Health, illness.
(b) Morality, mysticism.
(c) Life, death.
(d) Happiness, sadness.

2. According to Ayn Rand, human error is _______________.
(a) Avoidable.
(b) Unavoidable.
(c) Acceptable.
(d) Unacceptable.

3. Which of the following areas is Nathaniel Branden's area of expertise?
(a) Theology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Neuroscience.

4. Which of the following vocabulary words were not defined in Branden's essay on Mental Health versus Mysticism?
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Grief.
(c) Reason.
(d) Self-esteem.

5. According to Ayn Rand, one must pass moral judgment in order to live what kind of life?
(a) Irrational.
(b) Evil.
(c) Rational.
(d) Good.

6. What was Ayn Rand's last work of fiction?
(a) Atlas Shrugged.
(b) The Virtue of Selfishness.
(c) The Fountainhead.
(d) The Objectivist Ethics.

7. Who is Nathaniel Branden in the context of this collection?
(a) Rand's favorite writer.
(b) Rand's associate.
(c) Rand's husband.
(d) The creator of Objectivism.

8. How does Rand define "society" in a basic sense?
(a) A group governed by a government.
(b) A collection of individuals.
(c) The downfall of the individual.
(d) The most efficient way of governing the earth.

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

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

11. According to Rand, without these two things there can be no gray.
(a) Gray and white.
(b) Reason and rationality.
(c) Reason and self-interest.
(d) Black and white.

12. According to Rand, what does an act of good will require in the eyes of an altruist?
(a) Self-mutilation.
(b) Self-manipulation.
(c) Self-sacrifice.
(d) Self-interest.

13. 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?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Irrationality.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Fear.

14. What type of tools must one use in a real life situation?
(a) Non-concrete.
(b) Suggestive.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Rational.

15. In Branden's essay on "The Psychology of Pleasure" he lists five avenues upon which ________ people find pleasure.
(a) Egotistical.
(b) Happy.
(c) Rational.
(d) Sufficient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayn Rand defines value as something that a person believes is necessary to do what?

2. According to Rand, every interest that a person employs must be based in ________.

3. In Rand's essay on "The 'Conflicts' of Men's Interests," what are the two ways she claims that goals can be met?

4. Which law does Rand propose should be used to determine man's interests?

5. The function of pleasure is to give a man his own sense of what?

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