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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 3 "White Blackmail".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hank Rearden's mother suggest is Phillip's qualification to work for Rearden Metal?
(a) He holds an engineering degree.
(b) He has the social skills that Hank lacks.
(c) He is Hank's brother.
(d) He could get a job anywhere but wants to help his brother.

2. Based on what she knows at the moment, what conclusion does Dagny draw about the disappearance of men like Wyatt?
(a) She believes they are secretly working on her railroad line.
(b) She thinks they are being kidnapped by the government.
(c) She believes there is a destroyer.
(d) She thinks they are all joining the communist movement.

3. What caused Francisco's ancestor out of Spain to Argentina where he became wealthy as a copper miner?
(a) The Potato Famine.
(b) The Spanish Revolution.
(c) The Spanish Inquisition.
(d) The French Revolution.

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

5. Who is planning to build diesel engines for Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) Francisco d'Anconia
(b) Eddie Willers
(c) Dwight Sanders
(d) Henry Rearden

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Hank and Dagny try to find the old Twentieth Century Motor company?

2. How did the Sternes say they tried to run Twentieth Century Motors?

3. Before Hank Rearden, Dagny has had only one lover. She will not tell Rearden his name. Who was he?

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

5. What happens after the disappearance of Wyatt and his vast Colorado oil fields?

(see the answer key)

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