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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. This stated that private facilities cannot refuse services to patrons based on race, creed, religion, sex, etc.
(a) The Bill of Rights.
(b) The Civil Rights Bill.
(c) The Sedition Act.
(d) Prohibition.

3. In which year was the essay, "The Monument Builders," published?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

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

5. What is "an institution that holds exclusive power to enforce certain rules for social conduct in a given geographical area?"
(a) Government.
(b) Society.
(c) Code of conduct.
(d) Parliament.

6. Rand believes that the socialist theory as a whole is _______.
(a) Honorably intended.
(b) Rational.
(c) Irrational.
(d) Morally correct.

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

8. Which major historical event ended just two decades before the essay, "The Monument Builders" was written?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Korean Conflict.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Cold War.

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

10. What method does Rand give for implementing her government financing plan?
(a) Taxation of those who make more than a specified amount.
(b) None.
(c) Random.
(d) Lottery basis.

11. What type of government financing does Ayn Rand propose in her essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society?"
(a) Dependent financing.
(b) Mandatory taxation.
(c) Voluntary taxation.
(d) Independent financing.

12. Rand states that the alleged goal of socialism was to end ________.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Peace.
(c) Revolt.
(d) Happiness.

13. Which of the following is not in violation of human survival as stated by the objectivist principle?
(a) Religion.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Capitalism.

14. What political system punishes irrationality and rewards rational thought?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Communism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Dictatorship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which form of government imposes laws of force and denies its citizens natural rights?

2. What does Nathaniel Branden state is a concept of ethics and politics and simultaneously a concept of ethics and psychology?

3. The principle of collectivized ethics supposes that one must live for the benefit of what?

4. According to Rand, which country was the first to establish a system in which the society was subordinated to the individual rights?

5. As Rand states, how must a collectivist society be formed to operate morally?

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