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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Although Rand does not support altruistic belief, she does not ______against it.
(a) Speak.
(b) Attack.
(c) Rebel.
(d) Act.
2. What does Rand claim about the existence of compromise?
(a) That it is possible.
(b) That it can only exist with very rational people.
(c) That it paves the way toward human reason.
(d) That there is no compromise.
3. In the act of conceding one's own reason in favor of another's, one commits an act of ______________.
(a) Self destruction.
(b) Compromise.
(c) Morality.
(d) Irrationality.
4. Complete the sentence. A _________ person's desire for pleasure is the desire to escape reality.
(a) Neurotic.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Rational.
(d) Irrational.
5. How does Western Society deem moral judgment?
(a) Irrational.
(b) Evil.
(c) Good.
(d) Awful.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the two things Branden claims that perpetuate within society and threaten self-esteem?
2. Ayn Rand defines value as something that a person believes is necessary to do what?
3. According to Rand, every interest that a person employs must be based in ________.
4. In what year did Branden write his essay, "Mental Health versus Mysticism and Self-Sacrifice?"
5. According to Rand, what is the vessel in which the government seizes property and goods of the individual?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Isn't Everyone Selfish?", how does Branden describe the process upon which men act in their own self interest?
2. What is faulty about the notion that everyone is selfish?
3. What does Ayn Rand believe happens in the process of a compromise?
4. What commonly upheld principle does Rand deem evil in Western Society as stated in her essay on living a rational life?
5. According to Nathaniel Branden, why do mystics decree pride as an evil?
6. What are Rand's thoughts on human error?
7. What does Rand mean when she states that one must not achieve her own interests by her own efforts only and not at the expense of others?
8. What does Rand say about the definition of society in her essay "The Objectivist Ethics?"
9. What is Branden's purpose in writing the essay, "Isn't Everyone Selfish?"
10. What would Rand say about a person who searches for the good in some situations but does "the wrong thing" by mistake?
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