Atlas Shrugged Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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Atlas Shrugged Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1 "The Man Who Belonged on Earth".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hank Rearden learns that the legislature has passed the Equalization of Opportunity Bill, what does he learn from Mouch, his lobbyist in Washington?
(a) Mouch tells him that the bill has no penalty written into it.
(b) Mouch offers to return the money Rearden has paid him.
(c) Mouch says the President will veto the bill.
(d) Nothing. Mouch is not answering his phone.

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

3. 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're a woman.
(b) Dagny, father never intended for you to work at Taggert.
(c) Dagny, you'll get married and leave.
(d) Dagny, you don't know anything about railroads.

4. What happens after the disappearance of Wyatt and his vast Colorado oil fields?
(a) Mine owners begin blowing up their mines.
(b) Small companies cannot supply enough oil to fill the demand.
(c) The government reopens the Wyatt oil fields and everything gets back to normal.
(d) Project X provides a new and better fuel.

5. What is the lie that James Taggart tells the Board of Taggert Railroad?
(a) That Francisco d'Anconia had sold his copper mines to Mexico.
(b) That the whole thing was Dagny's fault since she wanted the Mexican line.
(c) That he foresaw this action, cut the schedule and removed the good equipment from that line.
(d) That he would pay for all the company losses out of his own pocket.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is so revolutionary about the motor that never went into production?

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

5. What show of support does Dagny get from employees of Taggart Transcontinental?

(see the answer key)

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