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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. With which country's form of government does Rand largely agree?
(a) Russia.
(b) United States.
(c) China.
(d) United Kingdom.

2. Which of the following is not considered a public project?
(a) A local coffee shop.
(b) Public health care.
(c) Public parks.
(d) Welfare.

3. Which country is said to have inspired Ayn Rand's objectivist theory, and caused her to reject all forms of collectivized government?
(a) Nazi Germany.
(b) The United States.
(c) China.
(d) Soviet Russia.

4. To be selfish is not simply to act on the basis of a __________.
(a) Need.
(b) Moral.
(c) Whim.
(d) Interest.

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?
(a) Egoism.
(b) Need.
(c) Desire.
(d) Self-interest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rand calls government taxation laws an initiation of _________.

2. Which political system does Rand mention in "Collectivized Ethics," where she states men are free to produce and compete?

3. Rand states in her essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society," that her proposal for government financing is ________ in practice.

4. Rand vies for a political system in which public projects are not ________ society.

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

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