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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Rand, what are the notions of altruist thought perpetuated by?
(a) Morality and mysticism.
(b) Whim.
(c) Religion.
(d) Philosophers.

2. Branden's notion of pleasure being a psychological need also fits into which of his other notions?
(a) Morality.
(b) Mental health.
(c) Mysticism.
(d) Happiness.

3. 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) Trendy.
(c) Fashionable.
(d) Disgusting.

4. According to Rand, compromise is similar to what?
(a) Victory.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Common ground.
(d) Defeat.

5. What must one have before being able to find meaningful relationships with others?
(a) Morality.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Self worth.
(d) Self interest.

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

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

8. According to Branden, which concept is used by Mystics to encourage human self-sacrifice?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) Faith.
(c) Peace.
(d) Holiness.

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

10. Which of the following words is not included in those Rand uses to describe desire?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Urges.
(d) Wishes.

11. Branden states in his essay, "The Psychology of Pleasure" that pleasure is not a _________, but a psychological need.
(a) Luxury.
(b) Whim.
(c) Right.
(d) Necessity.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rand believes that because of altruism, what is the only reason people help others?

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

3. What concept is mentioned once in the book that according to Rand, largely influences collectivist, Western thought?

4. Complete the sentence: In order to act in self interest, man must refuse to sacrifice a ________ value for a _______ one.

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

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