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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "The Ethics of Emergencies", Ayn Rand (1963).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Branden acknowledge as being one of the major causes of mental degradation?
(a) Christian dogma.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Traditional doctrines.
(d) The government.

2. What word does Rand state that philosophers substitute for God?
(a) Satan.
(b) People.
(c) The Church.
(d) Society.

3. What does Rand claim that Objectivists ethics are in the essay on Objectivist ethics?
(a) Only morality.
(b) Relgious elixir.
(c) True morality.
(d) Basic morality.

4. Complete the quote: "_____ is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause."
(a) Want.
(b) Moral.
(c) Need.
(d) Whim.

5. According to Rand, what are the notions of altruist thought perpetuated by?
(a) Morality and mysticism.
(b) Whim.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the altruist perspective, saving the life of a stranger is equivalent to saving the life of _________.

2. According to Branden, which concept is used by Mystics to encourage human self-sacrifice?

3. Rand defends her points by stating her belief that the mainstream practice of ethics goes against the reality of _________.

4. In what year was "The Ethics of Emergencies" written?

5. How does Rand define "society" in a basic sense?

(see the answer key)

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