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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Rand, is worse than taking someone's life?

2. What crisis brings Rearden before the Unification Board?

3. What does Dagny's insistence on working as housemaid for John Galt say about her.

4. What is happening to trains everywhere in the nation?

5. What is the coincidence of Dagny stopping the conductor from throwing a vagrant off the train she is taking to see Quentin Daniels?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Francisco comes to visit Dagny in the cabin near Woodstock, what idea does she have about the disappearance of so many business people?

2. Summarize the message John Galt gives to the people when he takes control of the radio frequency.

3. What happens in the valley that indicates that Dagny is not yet ready to drop out and join everyone there?

4. Describe the first meeting between Hank Rearden and Ragnar Danneskjtzld.

5. How does Dr. Ferris get Hank Rearden to sign over Rearden Metal to the government?

6. Describe the revelation Dagny gets from the vagrant worker she invited to dinner on the train.

7. What dramatic change takes place in the character of Cherryl Taggart? Explain.

8. As the Cuffy Meigs of the world gain control and the country is rapidly deteriorating, how does James Taggart view his personal situation?

9. Describe how differently Dagny and Cherryl work to get out of an unacceptable situation.

10. What kind of assurance does Francisco try to give Dagny when he visits her in her apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the character of Phillip Rearden. How is he unlike his brother Hank?

Essay Topic 2

The novel opens with New York's buildings being dingy and gray; toward the middle, even the elevators cannot go past the 25th floor; in the end, New York simply disappears. Write an essay explaining the symbolism of New York in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write a short skit between Dagny and James after he learns about the junk on the line going down to Mexico.

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