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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 3 "Anti-Greed".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Hank know that their affair was over before Dagny told him.
(a) During the radio show she had only used past tense.
(b) He heard something different in her voice on the radio.
(c) Francisco sent him a telegram.
(d) John Galt came and told him.

3. Where does Dagny plan to start the first run of the John Galt Line?
(a) New York, NY
(b) Denver, Colorado
(c) Washington, D. C.
(d) Cheyenne, Wyoming

4. How does Dagny let it be known that she is back after her plane crashed?
(a) She fakes a plane crash in Nebraska.
(b) She takes out an ad in the New York papers.
(c) She notifies the press in Nebraska.
(d) She goes on the radio to announce that she is all right.

5. How is Project X, a weapon of mass murder, define Rand's view of communism?
(a) It shows that absolute power is good for the people in general.
(b) It shows how powerful communism is and there is no way to defeat it.
(c) It defines the limits of a Cold War.
(d) It takes away material things and destroys the world that capitalism has built.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Taggart board and the Washington influence peddlers meet, what is the irony of their meeting place?

2. What does Rearden sell off after the bill banning people from owning multiple businesses is passed?

3. Hank realizes that their affair is over. What ended it?

4. What is the result of the government's decision to divert coal to the People's Republic of England?

5. When a reporter asks Dagny, "Who is John Galt?" what is her answer?

(see the answer key)

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