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

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

3. According to Objectivist thought, what does the individual live for?
(a) Society.
(b) The common good.
(c) Himself.
(d) Moralist principles.

4. Rand vies for a political system in which public projects are not ________ society.
(a) Created by.
(b) Completed within.
(c) Achieved by.
(d) Forced upon.

5. According to Branden, what do values in the context of ethics guide?
(a) A man's choice only.
(b) A man's actions only.
(c) A man's actions and choices.
(d) A man's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rand, what term is used to describe a method in which one refuses to base his or her interests on context?

2. In what year was "The Ethics of Emergencies" written?

3. In which year was the essay, "The Monument Builders," published?

4. According to Ayn Rand, on what basis must the individual give to public works?

5. Finish the sentence: According to Ayn Rand, society must provide an organized protection against _________.

(see the answer key)

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