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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. Finish the sentence: According to Ayn Rand, society must provide an organized protection against _________.
(a) Force.
(b) Government.
(c) Wrong-doers.
(d) Irrationality.

2. What political system punishes irrationality and rewards rational thought?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Dictatorship.
(c) Communism.
(d) Democracy.

3. What does Nathaniel Branden state is a concept of ethics and politics and simultaneously a concept of ethics and psychology?
(a) Egoism.
(b) Individualism.
(c) Objectivism.
(d) Counterfeit individualism.

4. In Rand's essay, "Man's Rights," she describes a right as the freedom of _______.
(a) Belief.
(b) Life.
(c) Action.
(d) Power.

5. Rand believes that the enactment of socialism has contributed to the _______ and destruction of individuals.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Torture.
(c) Conformity.
(d) Displacement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which term is defined as "a manifestation of helplessness, of self-loathing and of the desire for the unearned?"

2. As Rand states, how must a collectivist society be formed to operate morally?

3. Rand states that the alleged goal of socialism was to end ________.

4. According to Rand, what is the only cure for racism?

5. According to Rand, a nation has only the right to __________ of its individual citizens.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rand's view on the Civil Rights Bill of 1964?

2. What does Rand consider to be the source of rights and how does she describe the origin?

3. Explain the idea of "Collectivized Rights" as Rand describes.

4. What does Nathaniel Branden discuss in his essay, "The Divine Right of Stagnation," in regard to human growth?

5. How do people falsely define Individualism, as stated by Nathaniel Branden?

6. Does Ayn Rand believe that a society must devise a moral code? How should a society decide upon a moral code?

7. According to Rand, do humans need government? How does Ayn Rand define government?

8. How must an individual justify his/her action, as stated by Nathaniel Branden in his essay, "Counterfeit Individualism?"

9. What is the focus of the essay, "The Monument Builders?"

10. According to Ayn Rand, what are the benefits one can gain from living a social existence?

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