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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. Which major historical event ended just two decades before the essay, "The Monument Builders" was written?

2. In which year was the Civil Rights Bill passed?

3. This stated that private facilities cannot refuse services to patrons based on race, creed, religion, sex, etc.

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

5. What is "the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man's genetic lineage?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louis XIV fit into Ayn Rand's discussion in her essay, "The Monument Builders?"

2. What are Ayn Rand's views on mandatory taxation?

3. How does Ayn Rand describe "Socialism" in her essay, "The Monument Builders?"

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

5. In Rand's essay, "Collectivized Ethics," Rand uses the principle to explain communism, communist thought, and society. Explain Ayn Rand's revulsion toward communism and how it pairs with collectivized ethics.

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

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

8. How does Rand define rights in her essay, "Man's Rights?"

9. Explain why Ayn Rand is against collectivized ethics.

10. Explain the notion of "collectivized ethics" as mentioned in Ayn Rand's essay, "Collectivized Ethics."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ayn Rand feel a government should finance itself? What are some potential problems with Rand's proposal?

Essay Topic 2

Explain what the term "rational morality" means in regard to Ayn Rand's theory of Objectivism.

Essay Topic 3

What does it mean that someone should not attempt to further oneself at the expense of another? Cite some examples.

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