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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. What does Rand claim about the existence of compromise?
(a) That it is possible.
(b) That there is no compromise.
(c) That it can only exist with very rational people.
(d) That it paves the way toward human reason.

2. What country is Ayn Rand originally from?
(a) Russia.
(b) The United Kingdom.
(c) The United States.
(d) Germany.

3. According to Rand, without these two things there can be no gray.
(a) Reason and rationality.
(b) Black and white.
(c) Reason and self-interest.
(d) Gray and white.

4. What basis are you acting on if you audition for a Broadway show, after wanting to become a singer, you are an extremely competent singer, and you have performed on stage before?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Self-interest.
(c) Egoism.
(d) Whim.

5. According to "Isn't Everyone Selfish?", one must ask which question about the desired action?
(a) When.
(b) Why.
(c) Whether.
(d) How.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was "Atlas Shrugged" published?

2. What must one have before being able to find meaningful relationships with others?

3. According to Rand, what does an act of good will require in the eyes of an altruist?

4. Which law does Rand propose should be used to determine man's interests?

5. Which of the following is not included in Branden's list of avenues where people find pleasure?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what Rand states in "The Objectivist Ethics" that philosophers and scientists have never been able to do?

3. What does Rand say about an act of good will in the case of an emergency?

4. What is Branden's purpose in writing the essay, "Isn't Everyone Selfish?"

5. What does Rand mean when she discusses the "cult of moral grayness?"

6. What are Rand's thoughts on human error?

7. What is Ayn Rand's definition of judgment?

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

9. How does Rand define "context" in her explanation of the four considerations described?

10. What is Ayn Rand's overall attempt in the writing of her essay, "The Cult of Moral Grayness?"

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