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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. What does Phillip want to leave Henry's house?
(a) Paid up tuition to Harvard.
(b) Money to start a business.
(c) A new car.
(d) Controlling interest in Rearden Metal stock.

2. What is Dagny's reaction to Eugene Lawson's claim that his motives were pure at Twentieth Century Motors because he never made a profit?
(a) She praises him for his generosity.
(b) She accuses him of lying.
(c) She says the idea is despicable.
(d) She agrees that the motives were pure.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hank finally meet up with Danneskjtzld?

2. At home and in despair, what music is Dagny listening to when she puts down her head and cries?

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

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

5. What is so unusual about the cigarette Dagny gets from Dr. Hugh Akston?

(see the answer key)

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