1. How does Bertram Scudder, editor of "The Future" magazine, characterize Hank Rearden?
(a) As an alligator.
(b) As a shark.
(c) As a great philanthropist.
(d) As an octopus.

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

3. Dr. Stadler talks about having known John Galt who he believes is dead. What is his recollection of Galt?
(a) Galt was an insurrectionist and trouble maker.
(b) Galt was an early leader of the communist movement.
(c) Galt had the most brilliant mind he had ever encountered.
(d) Galt was the brains behind the revolutionary motor.

4. At the party, James Taggart demands that Francisco explain why the San Sebastian mines are worthless. What is Francisco's ironic reply?
(a) He says he wanted to contribute to the Mexican economy.
(b) He says he gave them the mines to do with as they pleased.
(c) He says he gave them the wrong location because he knew what they would do.
(d) He says the mines are not worthless bacuse they contain silver.

5. Who is the childhood friend of Jim and Dagny who now works for them?
(a) James Ellis Wyatt
(b) Eddie Willers
(c) John Galt
(d) Hank Rearden

Short Answer 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?

2. What is Owen Kellogg's reply to Dagny when she asks him why he is resigning from Taggert Railway?

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

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

5. What is Dagny's reply to Cherryl's comment that she is "the woman in the Taggart family"?

(see the answer key)

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