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

2. What game does Francisco play with the Mexican government and the American stockholders in the San Sebastian Mines?
(a) He plays a game of marbles on the hotel room floor.
(b) He plays charades but no one can guess his subject.
(c) He plays poker with the Mexican President in a winner-take-all game.
(d) He knows the mines are worthless and wants to watch them go down with their own greed.

3. 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 doesn't want them to know that the money came from his capitalist brother.
(c) Friends for Global Progress does not accept checks.
(d) He thinks Rearden's check is no good.

4. How does Rand use the marriage of James and Cherryl to make her point against social philosophy?
(a) It shows that the rich and the poor are really equal.
(b) It is an improbable love story.
(c) It shows that poor people do not lack social graces.
(d) Like communism, it is a sham based on lies and deception.

5. What is Dagny's amazing discovery at Twentieth Century Motors?
(a) Books on building aircraft.
(b) The address of the chief engineer.
(c) Plans for a revolutionary motor.
(d) The formula for Rearden metal.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. What does Dagny object to about the San Sebastian Line?

4. Who is planning to build diesel engines for Taggart Transcontinental?

5. When Dagny demands that Francisco tell her why Ellis Wyatt will be wiped out in Colorado, why does he refuse to tell her?

(see the answer key)

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