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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was "The Ethics of Emergencies" written?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1961.

3. What does self-esteem provide a person with according to Branden?
(a) Control.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Superiority complexes.

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

5. According to Rand, what type of principles have ruled Western Society for years?
(a) Christian.
(b) Egotistical.
(c) Irrational.
(d) Judeo-Christian.

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

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

8. Which German philosopher does Rand oppose within her own philosophical theory?
(a) Kafka.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Nietzche.

9. According to Nathaniel Branden, what word is intellectually confused with "self-sacrifice?"
(a) Selfless.
(b) Faithful.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Gracious.

10. What word does Rand state that philosophers substitute for God?
(a) People.
(b) The Church.
(c) Satan.
(d) Society.

11. What basis are you acting on If you audition for a Broadway show, you are a poor singer, but you have always have wanted to sing?
(a) Need.
(b) Self-interest.
(c) Desire.
(d) Egoism.

12. Finish the statement: According to Rand, " One must _____, and prepare to be _______."
(a) Love, loved.
(b) Act, judged.
(c) Judge, judged.
(d) Act, questioned.

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

14. What does Rand claim is not a valid standard of value in her essay on "The 'Conflicts' of Men's Interests?"
(a) Urges.
(b) Desires.
(c) Whims.
(d) Frustration.

15. Complete the quote: "_____ is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause."
(a) Whim.
(b) Need.
(c) Want.
(d) Moral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this argument as Rand presents it: X is ___________; therefore, his argument is false.

2. From the altruist perspective, saving the life of a stranger is equivalent to saving the life of _________.

3. What notion does Branden attempt to refute in his essay, "Isn't Everyone Selfish"?

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

5. 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?

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