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

2. The function of pleasure is to give a man his own sense of what?
(a) Righteousness.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Sufficiency.
(d) Efficacy.

3. What year did Ayn Rand write the essay, "The Cult of Moral Grayness?"
(a) 1974.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1964.

4. Rand states that the actually effect of socialism have been ________ the alleged goals.
(a) Different from.
(b) Achieved with.
(c) Opposite of.
(d) Synonymous with.

5. Which political system does Rand mention in "Collectivized Ethics," where she states men are free to produce and compete?
(a) Communism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Mysticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Branden acknowledge as being one of the major causes of mental degradation?

2. Which of the following is not included in the events of an emergency according to Rand's essay on "The Ethics of Emergencies"?

3. Which German philosopher does Rand oppose within her own philosophical theory?

4. What word does Rand use in "The Cult of Moral Grayness" to describe the common trend for people to believe there are not "blacks" and "whites," only grays?

5. The principle of collectivized ethics supposes that one must live for the benefit of what?

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