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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 10 "The Sign of the Dollar".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the government plan to conserve copper and electricity?
(a) Recalling all the copper shipped before d'Anconia ships were sunk.
(b) Melting down pennies and ordering blackouts.
(c) Limiting elevators from going higher than the 25th floor of a building.
(d) Using zinc and wind power.

2. Where does Dagny plan to start the first run of the John Galt Line?
(a) Denver, Colorado
(b) New York, NY
(c) Cheyenne, Wyoming
(d) Washington, D. C.

3. In being true to herself, Dagny still does not get what Francisco has been trying to tell her. What analogy does Francisco make that Dagny misses?
(a) He compares Dagny to the Unification Board.
(b) He compares her now to the time she waited outside Dannager's office.
(c) He suggests that the faceless men will take over.
(d) He says everyone must travel the same road to Atlantis.

4. 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 it is using Rearden steel rails.
(d) That the Mexican government will subsidise it.

5. When Dagny demands that Francisco tell her why Ellis Wyatt will be wiped out in Colorado, why does he refuse to tell her?
(a) He says she already knows.
(b) He says he wants to take over the oil industry.
(c) He says only John Galt knows for sure.
(d) He says she is not ready to hear the answer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Unification Board is now in complete control and more regulations are passed. What is the result?

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

3. What literary device does Rand use to show the end of Eddie's dream of one day marrying Dagny.

4. When the Taggart board and the Washington influence peddlers meet, what is the irony of their meeting place?

5. What is the image Francisco d'Anconia has in the public eye?

(see the answer key)

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