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

2. In Rand's essay, "Man's Rights," she describes several societies that exhibited a collectivist system. Which society is not included?
(a) Roman Empire.
(b) Ancient Egypt.
(c) Ottoman Empire.
(d) Ancient Greece.

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

4. In which political system does the government own all societal goods and provide the people with what they need?
(a) Capitalist.
(b) Libertarian.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Communist.

5. Which monarch erected the palace of Versailles, as stated in Rand's essay "The Monument Builders?"
(a) Charlemagne.
(b) Louis XIV.
(c) Napolean.
(d) Louis XVII.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country's monuments does Rand state have always been quite modest?

2. According to Rand, a nation has only the right to __________ of its individual citizens.

3. Finish the quotation: "Individual rights are the means of subordinating ________ to moral law."

4. In which year was Rand's essay, "Collectivized Ethics," published?

5. Which country is said to have inspired Ayn Rand's objectivist theory, and caused her to reject all forms of collectivized government?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louis XIV fit into Ayn Rand's discussion in her essay, "The Monument Builders?"

2. According to Rand, do humans need government? How does Ayn Rand define government?

3. What is the definition of "power lust" as defined by Ayn Rand in her essay, "The Monument Builders?" Explain.

4. How do people falsely define Individualism, as stated by Nathaniel Branden?

5. What is Rand's view on the Civil Rights Bill of 1964?

6. What are Ayn Rand's thoughts on racism and how does she define it?

7. How must an individual justify his/her action, as stated by Nathaniel Branden in his essay, "Counterfeit Individualism?"

8. What are Ayn Rand's views on mandatory taxation?

9. Explain the notion of "collectivized ethics" as mentioned in Ayn Rand's essay, "Collectivized Ethics."

10. What does Rand consider to be the source of rights and how does she describe the origin?

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