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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. Why does James Taggart insist that Rearden will always produce, even if he doesn't like the conditions?
(a) Because he will want to keep on helping Dagny.
(b) Because he would be bored if he did nothing.
(c) Because he always caves in.
(d) Because producing is in his blood.

2. James and Cherryl begin their unlikely romance. Where does James meet her?
(a) Friends introduce them.
(b) In a dime store.
(c) At a cocktail party.
(d) At the train station.

3. What is Rand's symbol of the ultimate destruction of socialism?
(a) The devastating destruction of Project X and areas of four states around it.
(b) The decision to use Project F on John Galt to get him to cooperate.
(c) Dagny giving in to all demands in order to save John Galt.
(d) The failure of John Galt to escape.

4. How does the organization, Friends of Global Progress, view Rearden Steel?
(a) That Rearden represents the blackest element of social retrogression in the country.
(b) That it is an indignificant business that will likely fail.
(c) That Rearden Steel will be its largest contributor.
(d) That Rearden Steel will one day belong to them.

5. What is Owen Kellogg's reply to Dagny when she asks him why he is resigning from Taggert Railway?
(a) Who is John Galt?
(b) I'm going into business for myself.
(c) You can't pay me what I'm worth.
(d) Railroads are a thing of the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the guests at the party so eager to discuss the capture of Ragnar Danneskjtzld?

2. when Dagny comes to after her plane crashes in the Colorado mountains, who is the first person she sees?

3. When Dagny demands that Francisco tell her why Ellis Wyatt will be wiped out in Colorado, why does he refuse to tell her?

4. What decision does Dagny make when she is nine years old?

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

(see the answer key)

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