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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 does Danneskjtzld leave behind when he disappears into the darkness?
(a) A bar of gold
(b) Another gun for Hank to carry
(c) His calling card
(d) The number to a bank account

2. Why is James Taggart marrying Cherryl Brooks, the dime store clerk?
(a) To find real happiness
(b) To show that he helps the underpriviliged
(c) To make an honest woman out of her because he got her pregnant
(d) To prove that communism will not work

3. 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

4. What is the comparison Francisco makes between John Galt and Prometheus?
(a) John Galt has been eaten by vultures and is dead.
(b) John Galt is a Prometheus who changed his mind.
(c) John Galt believes the total end is near for all mankind.
(d) John Galt invented fire.

5. What is Dagny's reply to Cherryl's comment that she is "the woman in the Taggart family"?
(a) You're welcome to the job.
(b) Don't tell my dress maker.
(c) That's quiet all right. I'm the man.
(d) What am I? Chopped liver?

Short Answer Questions

1. What message on the city calendar marquee made Rearden laugh out loud?

2. What game does Francisco play with the Mexican government and the American stockholders in the San Sebastian Mines?

3. Before Hank Rearden, Dagny has had only one lover. She will not tell Rearden his name. Who was he?

4. What is the symbolism of the gold $ sign on the cigarettes?

5. What is "the chain"?

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