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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, "Collectivized 'Rights'", Ayn Rand (1963).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country established a socialist system by vote?
(a) France.
(b) Soviet Russia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Nazi Germany.

2. Rand states that the alleged goal of socialism was to end ________.
(a) Revolt.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Peace.

3. In Rand's essay, "Man's Rights," she describes several societies that exhibited a collectivist system. Which society is not included?
(a) Ottoman Empire.
(b) Roman Empire.
(c) Ancient Greece.
(d) Ancient Egypt.

4. Which form of government imposes laws of force and denies its citizens natural rights?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Free nation.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Republic.

5. In what year did Ayn Rand write, "How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?"
(a) 1962.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1964.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which term is defined as "a manifestation of helplessness, of self-loathing and of the desire for the unearned?"

2. Finish the statement: According to Rand, " One must _____, and prepare to be _______."

3. According to Rand, without these two things there can be no gray.

4. Rand clarifies her point about compromise when she asks the question about the compromise ______ and _______ along with the question of reason versus irrationality.

5. According to Branden, what must human beings have in order to have pleasure?

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