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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. What happens after the disappearance of Wyatt and his vast Colorado oil fields?
(a) Small companies cannot supply enough oil to fill the demand.
(b) Project X provides a new and better fuel.
(c) Mine owners begin blowing up their mines.
(d) The government reopens the Wyatt oil fields and everything gets back to normal.
2. When Dr. Stadler questions why the man who was developing the revolutionary motor was working in a factory research lab, what is Dagny's reply?
(a) Maybe he couldn't find another place.
(b) He probably came from somewhere around here.
(c) He probably liked living on this earth.
(d) Maybe the Science Institute turned him down.
3. What is the "Fifth Concerto"?
(a) A composition to a dead oak tree.
(b) An undiscovered work my Mozart.
(c) The theme song of the Taggart Transcontinental Railway.
(d) A composition by Richard Halley.
4. Rand uses the failure of Twentieth Century Motors to make what point about socialism?
(a) The socialist system only takes from those with ability and gives to others who are less deserving.
(b) The socialist system allows the greatest minds to get ahead.
(c) Production increases when everyone shares in the work.
(d) It is only fair that everyone make the same salary.
5. What literary device does Rand use to show the end of Eddie's dream of one day marrying Dagny.
(a) The metaphor of darkness falling over the city.
(b) The metaphor of watching as her train leaves in the darkness.
(c) The metaphor of putting out his cigarette.
(d) The metaphor of her door closing behind her.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Phillip want to leave Henry's house?
2. What news does James Taggart receive that Dagny had predicted?
3. What caused Francisco's ancestor out of Spain to Argentina where he became wealthy as a copper miner?
4. Where does Dagny plan to start the first run of the John Galt Line?
5. At the party, James Taggart demands that Francisco explain why the San Sebastian mines are worthless. What is Francisco's ironic reply?
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