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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 5 "Their Brothers' Keepers".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message on the city calendar marquee made Rearden laugh out loud?
(a) Wanted: Someone who knows how to run a steel plant.
(b) We know who John Galt is.
(c) We declare a four day work week starting immediately.
(d) Brother, you asked for it! Francisco Domingo Carlos Andres Sebastian d'Anconia.

2. What is the surprising question Francisco poses to Dagny at the wedding reception?
(a) Did you get permission to use John Galt's name on your new railroad line?
(b) Don't you want to know now: Who is John Galt?
(c) Have you met John Galt?
(d) Don't you want to tell Lillian about your affair with her husband?

3. How does Hank protect Danneskjtzld when the police arrive?
(a) He tells the police that Danneskjtzld is his new bodyguard.
(b) He pulls a gun on the police and chases them off.
(c) He tells the police that Danneskjtzld is James Taggart in disguise.
(d) He pretends to shoot Danneskjtzld who plays dead.

4. How does Dagny deal with the failure of communications on the Taggart Transcontinental when copper wire breaks and cannot be quickly replaced?
(a) She reverts to manual switching and lantern signals.
(b) She turns the problem over to Cuffy Meigs.
(c) She stops all trains until the lines can be repaired.
(d) She goes to James to find out what to do.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Taggart board and the Washington influence peddlers meet, what is the irony of their meeting place?

2. What does "the chain" represent to Henry Rearden?

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

4. What promise does Dagny make before she returns to the outside world?

5. What prevents Taggart Transcontinental from meeting Rearden's deadline for delivering steel?

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