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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What concept is mentioned once in the book that according to Rand, largely influences collectivist, Western thought?
2. What is necessary for the existence of self-esteem according to Branden?
3. In what year did Rand write the essay, "The 'Conflicts' of Men's Interests?"
4. What does Rand claim is not a valid standard of value in her essay on "The 'Conflicts' of Men's Interests?"
5. What basis are you acting on If you audition for a Broadway show, you are a poor singer, but you have always have wanted to sing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Ayn Rand's overall attempt in the writing of her essay, "The Cult of Moral Grayness?"
2. What are Branden's thoughts on anxiety and guilt as stated in his essay regarding Mental Health and Mysticism?
3. What are Rand's thoughts on human error?
4. What does Rand say about an act of good will in the case of an emergency?
5. What is Ayn Rand's definition of judgment?
6. Explain the point Branden asserts at the beginning of "The Psychology of Pleasure."
7. How does Rand define "context" in her explanation of the four considerations described?
8. What does Ayn Rand say about the creation and origins of good and evil in her essay "The Objectivist Ethics?"
9. Describe what Rand states in "The Objectivist Ethics" that philosophers and scientists have never been able to do?
10. What is faulty about the notion that everyone is selfish?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Ayn Rand's philosophy on Objectivism as stated in her essay on objectivist ethics. What are the main ideas of Objectivist ethics?
Essay Topic 2
Explain self-interest and its connection to reason as well as in terms of the choices one may make when motivated by self-interest.
Essay Topic 3
Describe Rand's thoughts about racism as well as her contrasting views of the Civil Rights Bill that was passed in 1964. How are her feelings toward both situations ironic?
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