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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Rand's essay, "The Monument Builders," what is the Moscow subway lined with?
(a) Granite.
(b) Marble.
(c) Pine.
(d) Gold.

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

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

4. Rand states in her essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society," that her proposal for government financing is ________ in practice.
(a) Irrational.
(b) Rational.
(c) Not easy.
(d) Not difficult.

5. Rand describes that socialism can be practiced totally or partially. Which country does she use as an example of a partial socialist government?
(a) Nazi Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

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

7. According to Rand, what is the only way that individuals' rights can be violated?
(a) Government.
(b) Physical force.
(c) Emotion persuasion.
(d) Moral force.

8. In which political system does the government own all societal goods and provide the people with what they need?
(a) Capitalist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Libertarian.

9. Denying an individual his right to property is synonymous with denying him his right to _______.
(a) Health.
(b) Life.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Comfort.

10. Which Act within the United States was Ayn Rand vehemently against?
(a) Civil Rights Act.
(b) Sedition Act.
(c) Human Rights Act.
(d) Prohibition.

11. In which year was the Civil Rights Bill passed?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1962.

12. The principle of collectivized ethics supposes that one must live for the benefit of what?
(a) Family.
(b) Individual.
(c) Collective whole.
(d) State.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some may claim that Ayn Rand's proposal for government financing is _______.

2. According to Ayn Rand, the major problem of socialism is the denial of what type of rights?

3. Which term is defined as "a manifestation of helplessness, of self-loathing and of the desire for the unearned?"

4. What political system punishes irrationality and rewards rational thought?

5. What does Rand blame on the notion that causes men to feel inferior?

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