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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, "The Divine Right of Stagnation", Nathaniel Branden (1963).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Rand states, how must a collectivist society be formed to operate morally?
(a) Objectively.
(b) Correctly.
(c) Freely.
(d) Morally.

2. What are the two benefits one can gain from living a social existence?
(a) Supply and demand.
(b) Knowledge and happiness.
(c) Happiness and trade.
(d) Knowledge and trade.

3. According to Ayn Rand, the major problem of socialism is the denial of what type of rights?
(a) Civil.
(b) Property.
(c) Human.
(d) Physical.

4. What type of government financing does Ayn Rand propose in her essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society?"
(a) Voluntary taxation.
(b) Mandatory taxation.
(c) Independent financing.
(d) Dependent financing.

5. Which American group does Rand attack in her essay, "Collectivized Ethics?"
(a) 1960s Liberals.
(b) Activists.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Conservatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the quotation: "Individual rights are the means of subordinating ________ to moral law."

2. Rand calls government taxation laws an initiation of _________.

3. Historically, what did socialist economic planning come about as a reaction to?

4. From the objectivist perspective, what should the risk on committing an act of good will be proportionate to?

5. Which political system does Rand mention in "Collectivized Ethics," where she states men are free to produce and compete?

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