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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 4 "Anti-Life".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At home and in despair, what music is Dagny listening to when she puts down her head and cries?
(a) Tchaikovski's Symphony Pathetique
(b) Halley's Fourth Concerto
(c) Cry Me a River
(d) Halley's opera,

2. How does James Taggart retain his position as President of Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) He pays exhorbitant bribes.
(b) His firing of Dagny.
(c) His marriage to Cherryl which shows he is for the people.
(d) He joins the influence peddlers from Washington.

3. What is the "Fifth Concerto"?
(a) A composition to a dead oak tree.
(b) The theme song of the Taggart Transcontinental Railway.
(c) A composition by Richard Halley.
(d) An undiscovered work my Mozart.

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

5. Because of the Equity of Distribution Law, there is now a Deputy Director of Distribution handling all of Rearden Metal's orders. What is his nickname?
(a) The Terminator
(b) The Enforcer
(c) The Wet Nurse
(d) D-three

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Francisco's nickname for Dagny when they were children?

2. Who comes to visit the dejected Dagny at her cabin near Woodstock?

3. After Francisco leaves her apartment, what does Dagny finally admit to Rearden?

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

5. What is happening to trains everywhere in the nation?

(see the answer key)

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