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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Context-popping.
(b) A drop-key.
(c) Context-dropping.
(d) Elimination of context.

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

3. What was Ayn Rand's last work of fiction?
(a) The Fountainhead.
(b) The Objectivist Ethics.
(c) The Virtue of Selfishness.
(d) Atlas Shrugged.

4. What word does Rand state that philosophers substitute for God?
(a) Society.
(b) Satan.
(c) The Church.
(d) People.

5. On what principle is a person who steals something they want acting on?
(a) Whim.
(b) Rational thought.
(c) Libertarianism.
(d) Self-interest.

6. What does Rand claim that Objectivists ethics are in the essay on Objectivist ethics?
(a) Relgious elixir.
(b) Basic morality.
(c) True morality.
(d) Only morality.

7. What basis are you acting on if you audition for a Broadway show, after wanting to become a singer, you are an extremely competent singer, and you have performed on stage before?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Whim.
(c) Egoism.
(d) Self-interest.

8. Who created "good" and evil" according to Rand?
(a) Various religions.
(b) Church Fathers.
(c) God.
(d) Humans.

9. What does Branden identify as being referred to as an "evil" by Mystics?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Pride.
(c) Envy.
(d) Greed.

10. Which Greek philosopher is mentioned once within the book?
(a) Nietzche.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Aristotle.

11. What year did Nathaniel Branden write his essay, "Isn't Everyone Selfish?"
(a) 1964.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1962.

12. What is a person considered to be who attempts to find the morally good in a given situation but acts incorrectly by honest mistake?
(a) Black.
(b) Pink.
(c) Gray.
(d) White.

13. 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?
(a) Trendy.
(b) Disgusting.
(c) Conformative.
(d) Fashionable.

14. No one ever really sacrifices oneself because every direct action is motivated by a person's desire. What does Branden say about this statement?
(a) That is needs to be proven.
(b) That it is absolutely correct.
(c) That it is faulty.
(d) That it is absolutely incorrect.

15. What notion does Branden attempt to refute in his essay, "Isn't Everyone Selfish"?
(a) That selfishness is cruel and wrong.
(b) That selfishness is the right way.
(c) That everyone is selfish.
(d) That not all people are selfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rand states that judgment is a ______ action to commit.

2. According to Rand, what does an act of good will require in the eyes of the objectivist?

3. According to Ayn Rand, one must pass moral judgment in order to live what kind of life?

4. Which instinct does self-sacrifice directly contradict?

5. What does self-esteem provide a person with according to Branden?

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