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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 the Thanksgiving dinner, why does Lillian urge Hank not to fight the lawsuit?
(a) She says he cannot win.
(b) She says they will assassinate him.
(c) She says he will damage her socially.
(d) She says he will win if he does not present a case.

2. What news was in the letter the doorman had held for Dagny for a week?
(a) Quentin Daniels had disappeared.
(b) Quentin Daniels could no longer work on the motor.
(c) Quentin Daniels was moving to Colorado.
(d) Quentin Daniels had finally built a working model of her motor.

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

4. Based on what she knows at the moment, what conclusion does Dagny draw about the disappearance of men like Wyatt?
(a) She believes there is a destroyer.
(b) She thinks they are all joining the communist movement.
(c) She believes they are secretly working on her railroad line.
(d) She thinks they are being kidnapped by the government.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Project X, a weapon of mass murder, define Rand's view of communism?

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

3. What sarcastic comment does Dagny make to James Taggart and Wesley Mouch?

4. Hank realizes that their affair is over. What ended it?

5. What causes Dagny to return to Taggart Transcontinental?

(see the answer key)

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