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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Historically, what did socialist economic planning come about as a reaction to?
(a) Communism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Nazism.

2. The notion that many people define individualism as the action of not conforming to the standard actions or ideas of the group is _________.
(a) Lacking.
(b) Weak.
(c) Correct.
(d) False.

3. Rand calls government taxation laws an initiation of _________.
(a) Force.
(b) Choice.
(c) Precedent.
(d) Finance.

4. Finish the sentence: Humans should think and judge __________, valuing their own intellect above all else.
(a) Independently.
(b) Morally.
(c) Rationallty.
(d) Collectively.

5. What is the extreme example Rand uses to illustrate what can go wrong in a society that doesn't uphold the rights of the individual?
(a) China.
(b) Soviet Russia.
(c) Nazi Germany.
(d) The United States.

6. Which American group does Rand attack in her essay, "Collectivized Ethics?"
(a) Republicans.
(b) Conservatives.
(c) Activists.
(d) 1960s Liberals.

7. Which monarch erected the palace of Versailles, as stated in Rand's essay "The Monument Builders?"
(a) Louis XVII.
(b) Louis XIV.
(c) Napolean.
(d) Charlemagne.

8. Which form of government imposes laws of force and denies its citizens natural rights?
(a) Republic.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Free nation.
(d) Dictatorship.

9. Which country is said to have inspired Ayn Rand's objectivist theory, and caused her to reject all forms of collectivized government?
(a) China.
(b) Nazi Germany.
(c) The United States.
(d) Soviet Russia.

10. Which country established a socialist system by force?
(a) Soviet Russia.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) Nazi Germany.

11. According to Rand, what is defined as conducting one's life according to the divinity of nonexistent beings?
(a) Morality.
(b) Religion.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Altruism.

12. What political system is characterized by private or corporate ownership of property?
(a) Communism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Democracy.

13. Finish the quotation: "Individual rights are the means of subordinating ________ to moral law."
(a) The individual.
(b) Collectivism.
(c) Government.
(d) Society.

14. As Rand states, how must a collectivist society be formed to operate morally?
(a) Morally.
(b) Correctly.
(c) Objectively.
(d) Freely.

15. What country did Rand live in throughout her adulthood?
(a) Canada.
(b) Russia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Objectivist thought, what does the individual live for?

2. Denying an individual his right to property is synonymous with denying him his right to _______.

3. According to Ayn Rand, this is the only time physical force is warranted.

4. Rand believes that the socialist theory as a whole is _______.

5. In Rand's essay, "Collectivized Ethics," Rand mentions which system of government in relation to collectivized ethics?

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