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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 5 "The Climax of the D'Anconias".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is almost single handedly responsible for opening up trade in Colorado?
(a) Hank Rearden
(b) Jim Taggart
(c) Ellis Wyatt
(d) Paul Larkin

2. What is the "Fifth Concerto"?
(a) A composition to a dead oak tree.
(b) A composition by Richard Halley.
(c) An undiscovered work my Mozart.
(d) The theme song of the Taggart Transcontinental Railway.

3. How does Rand indicate that Wesley Mouch, Rearden's Washington lobbyist, may not be working in Rearden's interest?
(a) He cannot get in to see the President of the United States.
(b) He is at a meeting with Orren Boyle, James Taggart, and Paul Larkin.
(c) He never goes to his office in Washington.
(d) He is at a meeting with Dagny and Owen Kellogg.

4. When Dagny demands to be made Vice President in Charge of Operations, what reason does Jim give her for opposing the idea?
(a) Dagny, you'll get married and leave.
(b) Dagny, you don't know anything about railroads.
(c) Dagny, you're a woman.
(d) Dagny, father never intended for you to work at Taggert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lillian describe the bracelet?

2. When Dagny stops at a newsstand buy cigarettes, what is the last thing the vendor says to her?

3. At home and in despair, what music is Dagny listening to when she puts down her head and cries?

4. What is Ayn Rand's objection to majority rule as put forth by the National Alliance of Railroads?

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

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