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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. Atlas is the Greek god who holds the world on his shoulders. In the novel, who is "Atlas"?
(a) The common people.
(b) Industrialists like Dagny and Rearden
(c) The National Alliance of Railroads
(d) Billionaires like Francisco d'Anconia.

2. What is so unusual about the cigarette Dagny gets from Dr. Hugh Akston?
(a) It cannot be lit.
(b) It is rolled in colored paper.
(c) It is marked with a gold dollar sign.
(d) It is made of unusual tobacco.

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

4. At home and in despair, what music is Dagny listening to when she puts down her head and cries?
(a) Halley's Fourth Concerto
(b) Halley's opera,
(c) Cry Me a River
(d) Tchaikovski's Symphony Pathetique

5. What news does James Taggart receive that Dagny had predicted?
(a) The Mexican Government has nationalized the San Sebastian Mine and the Taggart railroad line
(b) The Mexican line is out of coal and must burn wood to run the trains.
(c) The US government is nationalizing all industry.
(d) Rearden refusus to supply metal for any railroad rails.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Dagny take a leave of absence from her job as Vice President of Operations at Taggart Transcontinental?

3. How does Rand let the reader know that there is a connection between Francisco and Danneskjtzld?

4. What is the symbolism of the explosion in the Colorado tunnel?

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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