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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish this argument as Rand presents it: X is ___________; therefore, his argument is false.
(a) Immoral.
(b) Too religious.
(c) Rational.
(d) Irrational.

2. 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.

3. What does Branden acknowledge as being one of the major causes of mental degradation?
(a) Christian dogma.
(b) Traditional doctrines.
(c) The government.
(d) Anxiety.

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

5. To be selfish is not simply to act on the basis of a __________.
(a) Need.
(b) Whim.
(c) Interest.
(d) Moral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which law does Rand propose should be used to determine man's interests?

2. What year did Ayn Rand write the essay, "The Cult of Moral Grayness?"

3. What does Rand believe the nature of the human mind to be?

4. In Rand's essay on "The 'Conflicts' of Men's Interests," what are the two ways she claims that goals can be met?

5. According to Rand, every interest that a person employs must be based in ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ayn Rand believe happens in the process of a compromise?

2. How does Rand describe the objectivist's act of good will?

3. What is Ayn Rand's definition of judgment?

4. According to Nathaniel Branden, why is mental health needed for human life and survival?

5. According to Nathaniel Branden, why do mystics decree pride as an evil?

6. In Rand's essay, "Doesn't Life Require Compromise?", what does she claim is synonymous with compromise?

7. How does Rand describe the acts of good will committed by an altruist?

8. What does Rand say about an act of good will in the case of an emergency?

9. What is context-dropping, and who uses it?

10. In "Isn't Everyone Selfish?", how does Branden describe the process upon which men act in their own self interest?

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