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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 happens to all the South American d'Anconia Copper Mines immediately after they are nationalized by the various governments?
(a) The US government realizes it will now have to pay more for copper.
(b) The are blown up and the top management disappears.
(c) The mines all prove to be worthless and used up.
(d) The price of copper jumps to an all time high.

2. What is the purpose of the party Lillian plans to give in three months?
(a) A celebration of Rearden metal.
(b) Their wedding anniversary.
(c) A fund raiser for underprivileged children.
(d) Their social obligation to Dagny Taggart.

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

4. What promise does Dagny make before she returns to the outside world?
(a) She will not reveal anything about it or try to find it again.
(b) She will destroy the railroad before she returns.
(c) She will bring back Hank when she returns.
(d) She will return within one month.

5. What does Hank Rearden finally do with his family?
(a) He makes a settlement with them that will keep them in style for life.
(b) He gives Phillip a job and leaves Rearden Metal.
(c) He threatens to kill them all if they don't leave him alone.
(d) He divorces Lillian and cuts the family off from any financial support from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phillip want to leave Henry's house?

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

3. In being true to herself, Dagny still does not get what Francisco has been trying to tell her. What analogy does Francisco make that Dagny misses?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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