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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. when Dagny comes to after her plane crashes in the Colorado mountains, who is the first person she sees?
(a) Hank Rearden
(b) John Galt
(c) Francisco d'Anconia
(d) Quentin Daniels

2. What is the coincidence of Dagny stopping the conductor from throwing a vagrant off the train she is taking to see Quentin Daniels?
(a) He could finish the work Quentin Daniels had started.
(b) He knew how to operate a train.
(c) He turned out to be John Galt.
(d) The man, Jeff Allen, once worked at Twentieth Century Motors.

3. What is Dagny's reply to Cherryl's comment that she is "the woman in the Taggart family"?
(a) You're welcome to the job.
(b) What am I? Chopped liver?
(c) Don't tell my dress maker.
(d) That's quiet all right. I'm the man.

4. What did the National Alliance of Railroads pass to eliminate competition?
(a) Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule
(b) Local and Transcontinental Rule
(c) Anti-cooperation Rule
(d) Every man for himself Rule

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Rand make it clear that Eddie's mysterious cafeteria friend is the illusive John Galt?

3. What is the problem Rearden sees in any government that professes to run by committee for the "public good."

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

5. How does James Taggart retain his position as President of Taggart Transcontinental?

(see the answer key)

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