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

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

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

4. How does Rand use the party to show the superficiality of the communist guests?
(a) They prefer not to talk about politics.
(b) They are all dressed in their finest and wearing flashy jewelry.
(c) They have not invited any rich industrialists to the party.
(d) They pretend to favor defeat for the the Equalization of Opportunity Bill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bertram Scudder, editor of "The Future" magazine, characterize Hank Rearden?

2. Who offers to help Dagny solve the problem of the rotting wooden bridge on her Colorado line?

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

4. 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?

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

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