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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 9 "The Sacred and the Profane".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who offers to help Dagny solve the problem of the rotting wooden bridge on her Colorado line?
(a) Claude Slagenhop
(b) Phillip Rearden
(c) Hank Rearden
(d) Francisco d'Anconia

3. What does Hank Rearden's mother suggest is Phillip's qualification to work for Rearden Metal?
(a) He has the social skills that Hank lacks.
(b) He holds an engineering degree.
(c) He could get a job anywhere but wants to help his brother.
(d) He is Hank's brother.

4. How does Rand show James Taggart's opportunism after the success of the John Galt Line?
(a) He decides to build a new line of his own.
(b) He gives Dagny credit for saving the company.
(c) He takes credit for its success.
(d) He buys more stock in the John Galt Line.

5. When Dagny demands that Francisco tell her why Ellis Wyatt will be wiped out in Colorado, why does he refuse to tell her?
(a) He says she already knows.
(b) He says he wants to take over the oil industry.
(c) He says only John Galt knows for sure.
(d) He says she is not ready to hear the answer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the National Alliance of Railroads pass to eliminate competition?

2. What is the purpose of the party Lillian plans to give in three months?

3. What caused Francisco's ancestor out of Spain to Argentina where he became wealthy as a copper miner?

4. Why will Amalgamated Switch and Signal Company not complete Dagny's order for switches and signals on the Colorado line?

5. What was Francisco's nickname for Dagny when they were children?

(see the answer key)

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