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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which term is defined as "a manifestation of helplessness, of self-loathing and of the desire for the unearned?"
(a) Power planning.
(b) Self affliction.
(c) Power lust.
(d) Self preservation.

2. In Rand's essay, "Man's Rights," she describes a right as the freedom of _______.
(a) Life.
(b) Power.
(c) Belief.
(d) Action.

3. Some may claim that Ayn Rand's proposal for government financing is _______.
(a) Realistic.
(b) Strong.
(c) Weak.
(d) Something to be considered.

4. According to Ayn Rand, on what basis must the individual give to public works?
(a) Religious.
(b) Lottery.
(c) Mandated.
(d) Voluntary.

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

6. According to Rand, which country was the first to establish a system in which the society was subordinated to the individual rights?
(a) Ancient Egypt.
(b) The United States.
(c) The United Kingdom.
(d) Ancient Greece.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Which country's monuments does Rand state have always been quite modest?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) America.
(d) Germany.

13. According to Rand, what do humans need if they are to live in a society?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Family.
(c) Government.
(d) Total Freedom.

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

15. According to Ayn Rand, the major problem of socialism is the denial of what type of rights?
(a) Property.
(b) Human.
(c) Civil.
(d) Physical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rand states in her essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society," that her proposal for government financing is ________ in practice.

2. In Rand's essay, "Man's Rights," she describes several societies that exhibited a collectivist system. Which society is not included?

3. In which year was the essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society" published?

4. Which country established a socialist system by vote?

5. According to Rand, what is defined as conducting one's life according to the divinity of nonexistent beings?

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