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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rand blame on the notion that causes men to feel inferior?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Misogyny.
(c) Inferiority.
(d) Racism.

2. Denying an individual his right to property is synonymous with denying him his right to _______.
(a) Life.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Health.

3. What does Nathaniel Branden state is a concept of ethics and politics and simultaneously a concept of ethics and psychology?
(a) Counterfeit individualism.
(b) Objectivism.
(c) Individualism.
(d) Egoism.

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

5. Rand calls government taxation laws an initiation of _________.
(a) Finance.
(b) Force.
(c) Precedent.
(d) Choice.

6. According to Rand, what is defined as conducting one's life according to the divinity of nonexistent beings?
(a) Altruism.
(b) Religion.
(c) Morality.
(d) Buddhism.

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

8. Rand does not believe in public projects because the public project does not benefit whom?
(a) Some individuals.
(b) Rationally.
(c) Anyone.
(d) Every individual.

9. Which form of government imposes laws of force and denies its citizens natural rights?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Free nation.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Republic.

10. In which year was the essay, "The Divine Right of Stagnation," written?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1963.

11. In which year was the Civil Rights Bill passed?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1965.

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

13. Which major historical event ended just two decades before the essay, "The Monument Builders" was written?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Cold War.
(c) The Korean Conflict.
(d) World War I.

14. Which of the following is not considered a public project?
(a) Welfare.
(b) A local coffee shop.
(c) Public health care.
(d) Public parks.

15. Which Act within the United States was Ayn Rand vehemently against?
(a) Sedition Act.
(b) Human Rights Act.
(c) Civil Rights Act.
(d) Prohibition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rand states that the alleged goal of socialism was to end ________.

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

3. According to Objectivist thought, what does the individual live for?

4. What type of government financing does Ayn Rand propose in her essay, "Government Financing in a Free Society?"

5. Some may claim that Ayn Rand's proposal for government financing is _______.

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