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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. According to Rand, a person who does not attempt to define what is right or wrong in a given situation, and acts as a mixture of the two is morally what?
(a) Gray.
(b) Right.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

2. According to Rand, what is the vessel in which the government seizes property and goods of the individual?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Libertarianism.

3. In what year did Ayn Rand write, "How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?"
(a) 1961.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1964.

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

5. In the act of conceding one's own reason in favor of another's, one commits an act of ______________.
(a) Self destruction.
(b) Morality.
(c) Compromise.
(d) Irrationality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rand believe the nature of the human mind to be?

2. What year did Nathaniel Branden write his essay, "Isn't Everyone Selfish?"

3. How does Western Society deem moral judgment?

4. According to Branden, what determines a person's individual pleasures?

5. Complete the sentence: In order to act in self interest, man must refuse to sacrifice a ________ value for a _______ one.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How might society commonly define compromise?

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

8. How does Rand describe the objectivist's act of good will?

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

10. According to Branden, what are the avenues where one would find pleasure, and why can one find pleasure in such avenues?

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