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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. Which of the following vocabulary words were not defined in Branden's essay on Mental Health versus Mysticism?
(a) Reason.
(b) Grief.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Self-esteem.

2. What type of tools must one use in a real life situation?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Non-concrete.
(c) Suggestive.
(d) Rational.

3. Finish the sentence based upon Rand's theory: One must achieve interests by her own efforts only and not at the expense of another's ______.
(a) Emotions.
(b) Efforts.
(c) Loss.
(d) Achievements.

4. At the conclusion of Rand's essay on the Objectivist ethics, what does she state is the standard value for the Objectivist?
(a) The creation of offspring.
(b) Man's life.
(c) The society.
(d) The development of the world.

5. Complete the quote: "_____ is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause."
(a) Moral.
(b) Whim.
(c) Want.
(d) Need.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country is Ayn Rand originally from?

2. Rand clarifies her point about compromise when she asks the question about the compromise ______ and _______ along with the question of reason versus irrationality.

3. What does self-esteem provide a person with according to Branden?

4. According to Rand, what is the vessel in which the government seizes property and goods of the individual?

5. The function of pleasure is to give a man his own sense of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ayn Rand say about the creation and origins of good and evil in her essay "The Objectivist Ethics?"

2. What is the answer to the question, "How does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?"

3. Why is Ayn Rand so against compromise?

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

5. What is faulty about the notion that everyone is selfish?

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

7. What are Branden's thoughts on anxiety and guilt as stated in his essay regarding Mental Health and Mysticism?

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

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

10. How does altruism fit into Branden's essay, "Isn't Everyone Selfish?"

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