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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7 "The Moratorium on Brains".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hank finally meet up with Danneskjtzld?
(a) At his apartment in the city.
(b) On his walk at night.
(c) In Dagny's cabin.
(d) In the ruins of Rearden Metal.

2. When Hank Rearden learns that the legislature has passed the Equalization of Opportunity Bill, what does he learn from Mouch, his lobbyist in Washington?
(a) Mouch offers to return the money Rearden has paid him.
(b) Nothing. Mouch is not answering his phone.
(c) Mouch tells him that the bill has no penalty written into it.
(d) Mouch says the President will veto the bill.

3. What is the problem Rearden sees in any government that professes to run by committee for the "public good."
(a) It favors industrialists who create jobs for the public.
(b) There is no morality of right and wrong involved.
(c) The moral purity of a committee cannot know what the public good is.
(d) The committees are selected by popular vote.

4. Rand uses the failure of Twentieth Century Motors to make what point about socialism?
(a) The socialist system allows the greatest minds to get ahead.
(b) Production increases when everyone shares in the work.
(c) It is only fair that everyone make the same salary.
(d) The socialist system only takes from those with ability and gives to others who are less deserving.

5. What is the last thing passengers see on Kip Chalmers' train as they enter the tunnel?
(a) The wreck of another train
(b) Dagny standing by the tracks
(c) Wyatt's Torch
(d) The blue Rearden Metal rails

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Danneskjtzld leave behind when he disappears into the darkness?

2. Danneskjtzld contrasts himself with what legendary hero?

3. What is the real outcome after the court fines Rearden $5,000 and gives him a suspended sentence?

4. What news does James Taggart receive that Dagny had predicted?

5. Who offers to help Dagny solve the problem of the rotting wooden bridge on her Colorado line?

(see the answer key)

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