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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "The Psychology of Pleasure", Nathaniel Branden (1964).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Rand, what are ideas of mysticism and morality based upon?
(a) Loathing.
(b) Fear.
(c) Whim.
(d) Religion.

3. Complete the sentence. A _________ person's desire for pleasure is the desire to escape reality.
(a) Rational.
(b) Irrational.
(c) Neurotic.
(d) Selfish.

4. Which law does Rand propose should be used to determine man's interests?
(a) Law of Identity.
(b) Law of the Land.
(c) Laws of the Self.
(d) Law of Actual Reality.

5. Which of the following is not included in the hierarchy Rand gives in the objectivist evaluation of committing an act of good will?
(a) Money.
(b) Time.
(c) Plausibility.
(d) Effort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is necessary for the existence of self-esteem according to Branden?

2. Which of the following vocabulary words were not defined in Branden's essay on Mental Health versus Mysticism?

3. What is it impossible to pursue in a "non-free" society?

4. In what year did Branden write his essay, "Mental Health versus Mysticism and Self-Sacrifice?"

5. Branden states in his essay, "The Psychology of Pleasure" that pleasure is not a _________, but a psychological need.

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