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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9 "The Generator".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Dagny to return to Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) Her boredom.
(b) James' telephone call.
(c) News of the tunnel wreck.
(d) Her disgust with Francisco.

2. How does Rand use the party to show the superficiality of the communist guests?
(a) They pretend to favor defeat for the the Equalization of Opportunity Bill.
(b) They are all dressed in their finest and wearing flashy jewelry.
(c) They prefer not to talk about politics.
(d) They have not invited any rich industrialists to the party.

3. What is the obvious symbolism of the Project X machine that is so destructive.
(a) The noise of a rock concert.
(b) The need for greater and greater weapons.
(c) The atomic bomb.
(d) The power of industrialists to destroy the world.

4. What is happening to trains everywhere in the nation?
(a) They are abandoned and the crews vanish.
(b) They all derail.
(c) They run out of coal.
(d) They stop running because of fear after the tunnel wreck.

5. How does Dagny deal with the failure of communications on the Taggart Transcontinental when copper wire breaks and cannot be quickly replaced?
(a) She turns the problem over to Cuffy Meigs.
(b) She reverts to manual switching and lantern signals.
(c) She goes to James to find out what to do.
(d) She stops all trains until the lines can be repaired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the National Alliance of Railroads pass to eliminate competition?

2. What is "the chain"?

3. How did the Sternes say they tried to run Twentieth Century Motors?

4. Dagny wants to build a narrow gauge railroad in the valley and then changes her mind. Why?

5. What does Rand mean by the title, "White Blackmail"?

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