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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Nazi Germany.
(b) Soviet Russia.
(c) China.
(d) The United States.

2. According to Rand, which country was the first to establish a system in which the society was subordinated to the individual rights?
(a) The United States.
(b) Ancient Egypt.
(c) The United Kingdom.
(d) Ancient Greece.

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

4. In Rand's essay, "The Monument Builders," what is the Moscow subway lined with?
(a) Marble.
(b) Granite.
(c) Pine.
(d) Gold.

5. What political system punishes irrationality and rewards rational thought?
(a) Communism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Democracy.

6. In which year was Rand's essay, "Collectivized Ethics," published?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1973.

7. Which country is said to have inspired Ayn Rand's objectivist theory, and caused her to reject all forms of collectivized government?
(a) The United States.
(b) Soviet Russia.
(c) China.
(d) Nazi Germany.

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

9. Rand states that the alleged goal of socialism was to end ________.
(a) Revolt.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Peace.
(d) Happiness.

10. 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.

11. Which term is defined as "a manifestation of helplessness, of self-loathing and of the desire for the unearned?"
(a) Self preservation.
(b) Power planning.
(c) Self affliction.
(d) Power lust.

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

13. According to Rand, what do humans need if they are to live in a society?
(a) Family.
(b) Companionship.
(c) Total Freedom.
(d) Government.

14. The principle of collectivized ethics supposes that one must live for the benefit of what?
(a) State.
(b) Collective whole.
(c) Family.
(d) Individual.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which major historical event ended just two decades before the essay, "The Monument Builders" was written?

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

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

4. Which country established a socialist system by vote?

5. Rand believes that the enactment of socialism has contributed to the _______ and destruction of individuals.

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