Atlas Shrugged Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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Atlas Shrugged Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 9 "The Sacred and the Profane".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hank Rearden learns that the legislature has passed the Equalization of Opportunity Bill, what does he learn from Mouch, his lobbyist in Washington?
(a) Mouch says the President will veto the bill.
(b) Mouch offers to return the money Rearden has paid him.
(c) Nothing. Mouch is not answering his phone.
(d) Mouch tells him that the bill has no penalty written into it.

2. Dr. Potter of the State Science Institute threatens Rearden who pretends not to understand his threats. Why?
(a) If he did, he would take his product off the market.
(b) If he did, he would have to give Rearden Metal to the government.
(c) If he did, he would have to kill Potter.
(d) If he did, he would cancel his business plans.

3. What is so revolutionary about the motor that never went into production?
(a) It runs on water.
(b) It produces more power than regular engines.
(c) It draws its energy from static electricity in the atmosphere.
(d) It requires a totally new factory to build.

4. What game does Francisco play with the Mexican government and the American stockholders in the San Sebastian Mines?
(a) He plays charades but no one can guess his subject.
(b) He knows the mines are worthless and wants to watch them go down with their own greed.
(c) He plays a game of marbles on the hotel room floor.
(d) He plays poker with the Mexican President in a winner-take-all game.

5. Why does Dagny take a leave of absence from her job as Vice President of Operations at Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) To find Francisco and marry him.
(b) To try and localte John Galt.
(c) To supervise and finish the John Galt Line.
(d) To get away to Europe for a vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "the chain" represent to Henry Rearden?

2. What is the lie that James Taggart tells the Board of Taggert Railroad?

3. How does the organization, Friends of Global Progress, view Rearden Steel?

4. What is Dagny's amazing discovery at Twentieth Century Motors?

5. How old was Francisco when he took over d'Anconia Copper Mines?

(see the answer key)

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