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Of the novels I was assigned to read in high school English class

0) I enjoyed none of them enough to reread

1) I liked and reread a few old classics for pleasure

3) I was lucky enough to read greats who have become favorites

4) Rand was one of the assignments

5) (English is my second language, I was not assigned books I would reread.)

6) (English is my second language, I was assigned books I have enjoyed rereading.)

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Individual subscribers alone are not sufficient to form a government. To protect individual rights, boundaries on a map are required. True or False?

0) True

1) False

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When you think of Barack Obama, do you miss George Bush as president?

0) Yes

1) No

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What is Obama's Agenda? He wants to . . .

0) Rebalance the country with bipartisan reforms.

1) Move the country left to make it better.

2) Radically transform the country at any cost.

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True or False? No matter how severe the government, no matter how strict the law, if its edicts are objective, a state is not a tyranny.

0) True

1) False

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Read the short story: AwesomeBook

0) Awesome - I'd buy it.

1) Not Awesome - Don't waste your money

2) Meh - Re-gift it.

3) An inspiring value!

4) Some inspiring value.

5) Little inspiring value.

6) No inspiring value.

7) Postmoderist Crap - Deserves a protest march

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Would you date a socialist?

0) Yes. I am a socialist too.

1) Yes. I could feel intimate towards the person despite our philosophical differences.

2) Yes. My intimacy would be almost nil, it would be more business than love.

3) No. I couldn't stand interacting so much with my political enemy.

4) Unsure/undecided/other.

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What result will we see from congress this session?

0) They will pass an expensive bill including public option

1) They will pass an expensive bill without public option.

2) They will pass an expensive but watered down bill.

3) They will fail to pass any Health Care bill.

4) The EPA will rule medical conditions are harmful and assume control.

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If you had to choose, would you rather be happy or smart?

0) Happy

1) Smart

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Do individuals who do not accept rational egoism have a right to happiness nonetheless?

0) Yes

1) No

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Does one's right to one's reputation as property justify limits on speech by slander and libel laws?

0) Yes

1) No

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What is civilized man's greatest invention?

0) objective law

1) republican government

2) the university

3) distilled liquor

4) the printing press

5) powered flight

6) modern medicine

7) the stock exchange

8) sound recording

9) the internet

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I have most looked forward to the latest of

0) Leonard Peikoff's Podcasts

1) Ed Hudgins' Articles

2) Robert Bidinotto's Blog

3) Yaron Brook on TV

4) Robert Tracinski in the MSM

5) Thomas Sowell

6) Charles Krauthammer

7) Cristopher Hitchens

8) Camille Paglia

9) Glenn Beck

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Who is Rand's most real character?

0) Howard Roark

1) Peter Keating

2) Dominique Francon

3) Ellsworth Toohey

4) Gail Wynand

5) Dagny Taggart

6) Hank Rearden

7) Francisco D'Anconia

8) James Taggart

9) John Galt

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I am certain the actions of the police in the Rodney King case

0) were commendable

1) were not even worthy of investigation

2) were neither criminal nor a reason for termination

3) were not criminal but were cause for censure

4) were not criminal, but were cause for termination

5) merited termination and criminal investigation

6) were sufficient cause for a criminal trial

7) were undoubtedly criminal

8) were properly punished with time served

9) merited harsher sentences

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