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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 Danneskjtzld leave behind when he disappears into the darkness?
(a) A bar of gold
(b) His calling card
(c) The number to a bank account
(d) Another gun for Hank to carry

2. What is the real outcome after the court fines Rearden $5,000 and gives him a suspended sentence?
(a) Other industrialists will go out of business.
(b) Rearden will have to comply with the government rules.
(c) In effect, he has won against the government.
(d) Lillian's social connections are destroyed.

3. At the Thanksgiving dinner, why does Lillian urge Hank not to fight the lawsuit?
(a) She says he cannot win.
(b) She says he will damage her socially.
(c) She says he will win if he does not present a case.
(d) She says they will assassinate him.

4. What did the National Alliance of Railroads pass to eliminate competition?
(a) Anti-cooperation Rule
(b) Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule
(c) Every man for himself Rule
(d) Local and Transcontinental Rule

5. What is Ayn Rand's objection to majority rule as put forth by the National Alliance of Railroads?
(a) It does not go far enough to protect everyone.
(b) It puts decision making in the hands of uneducted people.
(c) It is not a true socialist idea.
(d) It can be used to stifle competition, capitalism, and individualism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Danneskjtzld contrasts himself with what legendary hero?

3. How does Hank protect Danneskjtzld when the police arrive?

4. What is the lie that James Taggart tells the Board of Taggert Railroad?

5. What does Rearden say the government needed to win against him.

(see the answer key)

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