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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two things Branden claims that perpetuate within society and threaten self-esteem?
(a) Reason and control.
(b) Belief and guilt.
(c) Anxiety and guilt.
(d) Anxiety and frivolity.

2. Which law does Rand propose should be used to determine man's interests?
(a) Law of Actual Reality.
(b) Law of the Land.
(c) Laws of the Self.
(d) Law of Identity.

3. In which publication did "The Virtue of Selfishness" first appear?
(a) The Objectivist Newsletter.
(b) The Journal of Behavioral Psychology.
(c) The Objectivist Quarterly.
(d) The Times.

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

5. 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.

6. What word does Rand use in "The Cult of Moral Grayness" to describe the common trend for people to believe there are not "blacks" and "whites," only grays?
(a) Conformative.
(b) Fashionable.
(c) Disgusting.
(d) Trendy.

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

8. Which philosopher does Rand mention in her essay on "The Objectivist Ethics?"
(a) Plato.
(b) Nietzche.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Copernicus.

9. According to Rand, what people define the standards for "good" in a society?
(a) Religious.
(b) Strong.
(c) Wise.
(d) Powerful.

10. Which instinct does self-sacrifice directly contradict?
(a) Fear.
(b) Survival.
(c) Protection.
(d) Neurological.

11. According to Branden, what do values in the context of ethics guide?
(a) A man's life.
(b) A man's actions only.
(c) A man's actions and choices.
(d) A man's choice only.

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

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

14. According to Rand, what is the vessel in which the government seizes property and goods of the individual?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Libertarianism.

15. Complete the sentence: In order to act in self interest, man must refuse to sacrifice a ________ value for a _______ one.
(a) Better, worse.
(b) Worse, better.
(c) Lower, higher.
(d) Higher, lower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rand believe the nature of the human mind to be?

2. According to Rand, what does an act of good will require in the eyes of an altruist?

3. What must one have before being able to find meaningful relationships with others?

4. Finish the sentence based upon Rand's theory: One must achieve interests by her own efforts only and not at the expense of another's ______.

5. Which of the following is included in the four considerations of man's view of rationality that Rand describes?

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