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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "Isn't Everyone Selfish?" Nathaniel Branden (1962).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ayn Rand defines value as something that a person believes is necessary to do what?
(a) Obtain and obey.
(b) Learn and keep.
(c) Obtain and keep.
(d) Keep and follow.

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

3. Which of the following is not included in the events of an emergency according to Rand's essay on "The Ethics of Emergencies"?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Flood.
(c) Shipwreck.
(d) Car accident.

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

5. In what year was "The Ethics of Emergencies" written?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not examined by Rand within "The Virtue of Selfishness?"

2. Finish the sentence based upon Rand's theory: One must achieve interests by her own efforts only and not at the expense of another's ______.

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

4. Who created "good" and evil" according to Rand?

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

(see the answer key)

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