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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, "Government Financing in a Free Society", Ayn Rand (1964).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Isn't Everyone Selfish?", one must ask which question about the desired action?
(a) Whether.
(b) When.
(c) How.
(d) Why.

2. According to Nathaniel Branden, what word is intellectually confused with "self-sacrifice?"
(a) Faithful.
(b) Selfless.
(c) Gracious.
(d) Altruism.

3. What method does Rand give for implementing her government financing plan?
(a) Taxation of those who make more than a specified amount.
(b) None.
(c) Lottery basis.
(d) Random.

4. Rand vies for a political system in which public projects are not ________ society.
(a) Forced upon.
(b) Completed within.
(c) Created by.
(d) Achieved by.

5. Rand calls government taxation laws an initiation of _________.
(a) Finance.
(b) Precedent.
(c) Force.
(d) Choice.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayn Rand, on what basis must the individual give to public works?

2. Which of the following is not considered a public project?

3. 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?

4. In which year was Rand's essay, "Collectivized Ethics," published?

5. No one ever really sacrifices oneself because every direct action is motivated by a person's desire. What does Branden say about this statement?

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