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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. When a reporter asks Dagny, "Who is John Galt?" what is her answer?
(a) An advertising gimmick.
(b) We are.
(c) Who cares?
(d) I'll never tell.

2. What prevents Taggart Transcontinental from meeting Rearden's deadline for delivering steel?
(a) Danagger Coal cannot supply coal for the trains because its shipment goes to England.
(b) The bridge on the Galt Line is blown up.
(c) The coal miners all go on strike for higher wages.
(d) Danagger refuses to supply coal if it will help Rearden.

3. How does the government plan to conserve copper and electricity?
(a) Limiting elevators from going higher than the 25th floor of a building.
(b) Using zinc and wind power.
(c) Melting down pennies and ordering blackouts.
(d) Recalling all the copper shipped before d'Anconia ships were sunk.

4. When the Taggart board and the Washington influence peddlers meet, what is the irony of their meeting place?
(a) It is in Dagny's office.
(b) It gives complete control of Taggart Transcontinental to the government.
(c) It is held in the terminal beneath the statue of Nathaniel Taggart.
(d) It is unheated because of the coal shortages.

5. What show of support does Dagny get from employees of Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) They line the route with guns to protect the train.
(b) They all buy stock in the John Galt Line.
(c) They give a banquet in her honor.
(d) They vote her in as President of Taggart Transcontinental.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Dagny plan to start the first run of the John Galt Line?

3. What is the obvious symbolism of the Project X machine that is so destructive.

4. Who is planning to build diesel engines for Taggart Transcontinental?

5. What is Mouch's new job after he resigns as Rearden's Washington lobbyist?

(see the answer key)

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