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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 is the symbolism of the explosion in the Colorado tunnel?
(a) It represents the end of an era.
(b) It represents the poor quality goods industrialists offer out of greed.
(c) It is what happens when logic and reason are abandoned for political expediency.
(d) It marks the end of the Unification Board.

2. Why can Dagny not learn the name of the third student at Patrick Henry University according to Dr. Akston?
(a) He went to the university under an assumed name.
(b) The school records were in a fire and his records were lost.
(c) Nobody really knows who he is.
(d) She will only learn it when he chooses to tell her himself.

3. What is the lie that James Taggart tells the Board of Taggert Railroad?
(a) That he foresaw this action, cut the schedule and removed the good equipment from that line.
(b) That he would pay for all the company losses out of his own pocket.
(c) That Francisco d'Anconia had sold his copper mines to Mexico.
(d) That the whole thing was Dagny's fault since she wanted the Mexican line.

4. What does Rearden say the government needed to win against him.
(a) His denial of any wrong doing.
(b) His cooperation.
(c) His civil rights.
(d) His account books.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. What is the last thing passengers see on Kip Chalmers' train as they enter the tunnel?

4. Atlas is the Greek god who holds the world on his shoulders. In the novel, who is "Atlas"?

5. How did the Sternes say they tried to run Twentieth Century Motors?

(see the answer key)

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