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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish the sentence: According to Ayn Rand, society must provide an organized protection against _________.
(a) Government.
(b) Irrationality.
(c) Force.
(d) Wrong-doers.

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

3. Rand does not believe in public projects because the public project does not benefit whom?
(a) Anyone.
(b) Some individuals.
(c) Rationally.
(d) Every individual.

4. Rand states that the actually effect of socialism have been ________ the alleged goals.
(a) Synonymous with.
(b) Opposite of.
(c) Different from.
(d) Achieved with.

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

6. In which year was Branden's essay, "Counterfeit Individualism" written?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1964.

7. In Rand's essay, "Man's Rights," she describes several societies that exhibited a collectivist system. Which society is not included?
(a) Ancient Greece.
(b) Ottoman Empire.
(c) Roman Empire.
(d) Ancient Egypt.

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

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

10. Rand believes that the enactment of socialism has contributed to the _______ and destruction of individuals.
(a) Torture.
(b) Conformity.
(c) Displacement.
(d) Happiness.

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

12. Rand vies for a political system in which public projects are not ________ society.
(a) Achieved by.
(b) Completed within.
(c) Forced upon.
(d) Created by.

13. In which year was the essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society" published?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1963.

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

15. What does Rand blame on the notion that causes men to feel inferior?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Inferiority.
(d) Misogyny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the quotation: "Individual rights are the means of subordinating ________ to moral law."

2. According to Rand, a nation has only the right to __________ of its individual citizens.

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

4. In Rand's essay, "The Monument Builders," what is the Moscow subway lined with?

5. In which year was the Civil Rights Bill passed?

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