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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. What does Dagny object to about the San Sebastian Line?
(a) That it is using Rearden steel rails.
(b) That it is going to help the communist government.
(c) That the Mexican government will subsidise it.
(d) That is was not her idea.

2. How does the organization, Friends of Global Progress, view Rearden Steel?
(a) That Rearden represents the blackest element of social retrogression in the country.
(b) That it is an indignificant business that will likely fail.
(c) That Rearden Steel will be its largest contributor.
(d) That Rearden Steel will one day belong to them.

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

4. What did the National Alliance of Railroads pass to eliminate competition?
(a) Every man for himself Rule
(b) Anti-cooperation Rule
(c) Local and Transcontinental Rule
(d) Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule

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 is not ready to hear the answer.
(b) He says only John Galt knows for sure.
(c) He says she already knows.
(d) He says he wants to take over the oil industry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the childhood friend of Jim and Dagny who now works for them?

3. Atlas is the Greek god who holds the world on his shoulders. In the novel, who is "Atlas"?

4. What decision does Dagny make when she is nine years old?

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

(see the answer key)

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