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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7 "The Exploiters and the Exploited".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decision does Dagny make when she is nine years old?
(a) To run Taggart Rail Lines.
(b) To marry Eddie Willers.
(c) To study in Paris.
(d) To become a fashion model.

2. What is Owen Kellogg's reply to Dagny when she asks him why he is resigning from Taggert Railway?
(a) I'm going into business for myself.
(b) Railroads are a thing of the past.
(c) You can't pay me what I'm worth.
(d) Who is John Galt?

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

4. Why does Phillip want cash instead of a check for Rearden's contribution to Friends of Global Progress?
(a) He wants to pocket half of the cash.
(b) He thinks Rearden's check is no good.
(c) He doesn't want them to know that the money came from his capitalist brother.
(d) Friends for Global Progress does not accept checks.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A theme that runs throughout ATLAS SHRUGGED is one which shows strength and character outside but emptiness and moral corruption inside. What metaphor does Ayn Rand use to illustrate this idea?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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