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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. Rand clarifies her point about compromise when she asks the question about the compromise ______ and _______ along with the question of reason versus irrationality.
(a) Happiness, sadness.
(b) Health, illness.
(c) Morality, mysticism.
(d) Life, death.

2. According to Branden, what must human beings have in order to have pleasure?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Self esteem.
(d) A sense of purpose.

3. According to Rand, every interest that a person employs must be based in ________.
(a) Reason.
(b) Context.
(c) Careful consideration.
(d) Reality.

4. What does Rand claim that Objectivists ethics are in the essay on Objectivist ethics?
(a) Basic morality.
(b) Relgious elixir.
(c) Only morality.
(d) True morality.

5. Rand defends her points by stating her belief that the mainstream practice of ethics goes against the reality of _________.
(a) Objectivism.
(b) Human peace and experience.
(c) Human existence.
(d) Ecosystems.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Branden, "The Psychology of Pleasure," how many major avenues are there for one to seek pleasure?

2. What was Ayn Rand's last work of fiction?

3. Branden's notion of pleasure being a psychological need also fits into which of his other notions?

4. Which of the following does not fall into the category of what Branden would consider a proper avenue for seeking pleasure?

5. If a person saves a stranger from a burning building at the risk of their own life, then that person is acting upon which principles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is context-dropping, and who uses it?

2. How might society commonly define compromise?

3. Why does Rand reject the widely accepted views of morals and values in regard to human existence?

4. What would Rand say about a person who searches for the good in some situations but does "the wrong thing" by mistake?

5. What does Ayn Rand believe happens in the process of a compromise?

6. According to Nathaniel Branden, why is mental health needed for human life and survival?

7. According to Branden's essay, "The Psychology of Pleasure," how are a person's individual pleasures determined?

8. How must one first begin to identify what is gray, according to Ayn Rand?

9. 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?

10. Explain Rand's idea of the four considerations of a rational man's thought and their function.

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