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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, "Counterfeit Individualism", Nathaniel Branden (1962).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Rand, what does an act of good will require in the eyes of an altruist?
(a) Self-interest.
(b) Self-sacrifice.
(c) Self-manipulation.
(d) Self-mutilation.

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

3. What is the extreme example Rand uses to illustrate what can go wrong in a society that doesn't uphold the rights of the individual?
(a) Soviet Russia.
(b) China.
(c) The United States.
(d) Nazi Germany.

4. According to Rand, what does an act of good will require in the eyes of the objectivist?
(a) Self-manipulation.
(b) Selfishness.
(c) Self-sacrifice.
(d) Self-interest.

5. What country did Rand live in throughout her adulthood?
(a) Canada.
(b) Russia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not fall into the category of what Branden would consider a proper avenue for seeking pleasure?

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

3. What method does Rand give for implementing her government financing plan?

4. In what year did Branden write his essay, "Mental Health versus Mysticism and Self-Sacrifice?"

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

(see the answer key)

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