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

2. Why does Dagny take a leave of absence from her job as Vice President of Operations at Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) To supervise and finish the John Galt Line.
(b) To try and localte John Galt.
(c) To find Francisco and marry him.
(d) To get away to Europe for a vacation.

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

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

5. Danneskjtzld contrasts himself with what legendary hero?
(a) Robin Hood
(b) Zorro
(c) Achilles
(d) Prometheus

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the meaning of "Wyatt's torch"?

3. 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?

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

5. When Hank Rearden learns that the legislature has passed the Equalization of Opportunity Bill, what does he learn from Mouch, his lobbyist in Washington?

(see the answer key)

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